Lou-Nuer

Revealed: Murle youth crossing Ethiopian highland to attack Akobo, Lou-nuer

May 21, 2020 Breaking News, Ethiopia, News, South Sudan War

A wave of Murle youth seen crossing into South Sudan through Ethiopian highland(Photo credit: supplied)

May 21, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reports from South Sudan’s Pibor Administrative Area and corresponding reports from the national capital, Juba, revealed that youth from neighboring Murle tribe are seen crossing the Ethiopian highland allegedly to launch attacks on Akobo of Lou-nuer, South Sudan. A report from an Ethiopian journalist, Zoya Mengiste, confirmed that thousands of heavily armed Murle youth were […]

Updates: Murle Youth Lost More Than 500 guns in Uror Attack

May 20, 2020 Breaking News, News, Newsbeat

A file of guns similar to guns captured from Murle Youth during the recent Murle attack in Uror(Photo credit: supplied)

May 20, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reports from South Sudan’s Uror county confirmed that the Murle youth, who attacked Lou-Nuer areas on Saturday, May 16, 2020, have incurred heavy losses in terms of lives, weapons and ammunitions. Speaking to South Sudan News Now correspondent in Pieri, South Sudan, James Mabor, a frontline journalist, confirmed that 748 dead bodies of Murle youth […]

Jonglei: Almost 50 Murle attackers captured

May 19, 2020 News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – Almost fifty (50) Murle attackers have been captured during this week’s fighting in which armed men from the Greater Pibor Administrative Area attacked several villages in Uror County of Jonglei state. According to a local official who spoke to South Sudan News Now (SSNN) from Uror, some of those captured had ranks saying eight of […]

Duk County Youth Association condemns attacks on Lou-nuer

May 17, 2020 News, Newsbeat, South Sudan, South Sudan News, South Sudan War

A group of Lou-nuer white army singing songs of war in Jonglei State. Lou-nuer has been attacked at least twice by Murle within the last one month(Photo credit: unknown/SSNN)

May 17, 2020(SSNN) — A South Sudanese youth group from the neighboring Duk county condemns the ongoing barbaric attacks in the neighboring Uror county and other Lou-nuer areas. The attacks, which have claimed many lives, burned down houses and abducted children and women, is believed to be carried out by Youth from Murle tribe of the recently established Greater Pibor […]

S. Sudan: Inter-communal fighting in Jonglei threatens peace deal

March 11, 2020 News, Newsbeat

March 11th 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan thought it was attaining peace last week but it may now have to deal with erupting ethnic clashes in some parts of the country. Even before the revitalised transitional government of national unity (R-TGoNU), which was formed out of a peace deal by President Salva Kiir, First Vice President Riek Machar and several […]