Western Bahr el Ghazal is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 93,900 km2 (36,255 sq mi) and is the least populous state in South Sudan,according to the controversial Sudanese census conducted in 2008. It is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. Its capital is Wau. The state shared international borders with Sudan to the north and the Central African Republic to the west. The portion now occupied by Raga County is the southern part of the historical region known as "Dar Fertit".
Northern Bahr el Ghazal(Arabic:ولايةشمالبحرالغزال) is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 30,543 km²and is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. It borders East Darfur in Sudan to the north,Western Bahr el Ghazal to the west and south,and Warrap and the disputed region of Abyei to the east. Aweil is the capital of the state.
Warrap is one of the ten states in South Sudan,located in the Bahr el Ghazal region. The state became part of South Sudan after a successful secession from Sudan on 9 July 2011. Wanhalel,the place where first Jieng Customary Laws were initiated and hometown to prominent politician,Gen. Nhial Deng Nhial is located in Tonj South County of Warrap State The current governor is Kuol Muor Muor who replaced Manhiem Bol Malek in November,2023.
The Bahr el Ghazal is a region of northwestern South Sudan. Its name came from the river Bahr el Ghazal. The name translates as "sea of gazelles" from Arabic.
The Dinka people are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile,from Bor to Renk,in the region of Bahr el Ghazal,Upper Nile,and the Abyei Area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.
Salva Kiir Mayardit,also known as Salva Kiir,is a South Sudanese politician who has been the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence,he was the President of the Government of Southern Sudan,as well as First Vice President of Sudan,from 2005 to 2011. He was named Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 2005,following the death of John Garang.
Wau is a city in northwestern South Sudan,on the western bank of the Jur River,that serves as capital for Western Bahr el Ghazal. It lies approximately 650 kilometres (400 mi) northwest of the capital Juba. A culturally,ethnically and linguistically diverse urban center and trading hub,Wau is also the former headquarters of Western Bahr el Ghazal.
Aweil is a city in South Sudan and the capital of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal.
The flag of South Sudan was adopted following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War. A different version of the flag was previously used as the flag of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. The flag of South Sudan predates the country,as the flag was adopted in 2005,while the country became independent in 2011.
The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF),formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA),is the army of the Republic of South Sudan. The SPLA was founded as a guerrilla movement against the government of Sudan in 1983 and was a key participant of the Second Sudanese Civil War,led by John Garang. After Garang's death in 2005,Salva Kiir was named the SPLA's new Commander-in-Chief. As of 2010,the SPLA was divided into divisions of 10,000–14,000 soldiers.
Aweil East County is a county in South Sudan.
Southern Sudan was an autonomous region consisting of the ten southern states of Sudan between its formation in July 2005 and independence as the Republic of South Sudan in July 2011. The autonomous government was initially established in Rumbek and later moved to Juba. It was bordered by Ethiopia to the east;Kenya,Uganda,and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south;and the Central African Republic to the west. To the north lies the predominantly Arab and Muslim region directly under the control of the central government. The region's autonomous status was a condition of a peace agreement between the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) and the Government of Sudan represented by the National Congress Party ending the Second Sudanese Civil War. The conflict was Africa's longest running civil war.
Upper Nile University (UNU) is a university in South Sudan.
Garang Diing Akuong is a South Sudanese politician and diplomat.
Kawac Makuei Mayar Kawac is a politician from South Sudan who was a leader in the Anyanya I independence movement during the First Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972) and in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005).
Dr. John Garang Memorial University Of Science and Technology (DrJGMUST) is a public university in the Republic of South Sudan. The school is named after the Sudanese Politician John Garang.
The Luwo are a Nilotic ethnic group that live in the western parts of South Sudan. They are part of a larger group of ethno-linguistically related Luo peoples of East Africa. They speak the Luwo language which is a Northern Luo language.
The Lol State was a state of South Sudan with the capital in Raga,that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Bahr el Ghazal region,which is in the northwest section of the country. Lol state bordered Haut-Mbomou and Haute-Kotto in the Central African Republic to the west,South Darfur and East Darfur in Sudan to the north,the disputed region of Kafia Kingi to the northwest,Aweil East State to the northeast,Aweil State to the east,Gbudwe State to the south,and Wau State to the southeast. The state was created alongside 27 other states after a decree issuing the creation of 28 states took place. It was dissolved at the conclusion of the South Sudanese Civil War.
The South Sudan Patriotic Army is a South Sudanese rebel militia that takes part in the South Sudanese Civil War and serves as the military wing of Costello Garang Ring's South Sudan Patriotic Movement. Well armed and relatively numerous,the SSPA mostly operates in Northern Bahr el Ghazal and is considered to be one of the most powerful rebel groups in South Sudan.
The 2014 retreat from Western Bahr el Ghazal,also called the long march north,was an unorganized withdrawal by hundreds of Nuer Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) deserters who sought to flee from Bahr el Ghazal to Sudan during the South Sudanese Civil War. After longstanding tensions between SPLA soldiers belonging to the Dinka and Nuer ethnic groups escalated on 25 April 2014,leading to a massacre of Nuer soldiers at Mapel in Western Bahr el Ghazal,a large number of Nuer SPLA soldiers deserted to escape ethnic prosecution and loyalist SPLA forces. Though some deserters joined SPLM-IO rebels or surrendered to the government,a large number of them marched northward,joined by other SPLA defectors from Northern Bahr el Ghazal. After covering over 400 kilometres (250 mi),this trek eventually arrived in Sudan on 4 August 2014,where they were disarmed.
