The Jikany Nuer are a section of the Nuer people who mainly live in the eastern part of Upper Nile state in South Sudan, particularly around Nasir in Nasir County.[1]
The JikanyNuer are a section of the Nuer people who mainly live in the eastern part of Upper Nile state in South Sudan, particularly around Nasir in...
There are several dialects of Nuer, although all share one written standard. For example, final /k/, is pronounced in the Jikany dialect but is dropped in...
violent clashes broke out in 1993 between JikanyNuer and Lou Nuer in Upper Nile, in 2009-2012 between Lou Nuer and Murle in Jonglei and in 2013-2014 between...
Nasir The 2009 Sobat River ambush was a battle between JikanyNuer tribesmen and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) which was escorting a United...
recruited militias and young men from the JikanyNuer and Bul Nuer in Unity state to take back areas held by the Nuer dominated SPLM-IO. "Horrific attacks...
Garang had been ejected from the SPLM. Kong Chuol is from the Eastern JikanyNuer and Lam Akol is from the Shilluk people. The breakaway faction, based...
Second Sudanese Civil War. Gordon Kong Chuol belongs to the JikanyNuer section of the Nuer people and comes from Ulang County, Upper Nile State. Chuol...
East Bank of the Sobat River, made by combined forces of the SPLA and JikanyNuer under Commander George Athor Deng. Johannes Yoal Bath had been involved...
herders." Notable people from Guit County include Taban Deng Gai, a JikanyNuer who is a former governor of Unity state, and a leader of the SPLM/A–IO...
Processing Facility in the Block 5A oil concession. The village is in a JikanyNuer region. A clinic operated by Médecins Sans Frontières was established...
Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a defeats Al-Shabaab. Sobat River ambush 12 June JikanyNuer groups ambush a SPLA convoy escorting UN food. Operation Panther's Claw...
made in Dera Ismail Khan District, Pakistan 2009 Sobat River ambush, JikanyNuer tribesmen vs. the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), escorting...
Western Upper Nile oil region. They successfully took the Luk Nuer in Bentiu and Eastern JikanyNuer in 1984. Adam, Biraima M. 2012. Baggara of Sudan: Culture...
violent clashes broke out in 1993 between JikanyNuer and Lou Nuer in Upper Nile, in 2009-2012 between Lou Nuer and Murle in Jonglei and in 2013-2014 between...
granted Bentiu, Thar Jath, Leer, and Adok (territory of the Dok, Jikany, Jagei, and Leek Nuer). The "Upper Nile Provisional United Military Command Council"...
the CHD Director. In June 2009 armed civilians of the eastern Jikany section of the Nuer people attacked a barge convoy on the Sobat River guarded by Sudan...
Jikany leaders met with former Vice President Riek Machar on 4 May 2013 in which they warned him not to involve and politicize the community of Nuer and...
the household count in 2011. The County is inhabited by Nuer Section of Gaat - Jaak (Jikany) and Koma tribe. However, the County bordered Maiwut County...
Deng is an ethnic Nuer. He self-identifies as member of the Jikany subgroup of the Nuer, even though his home village was a Leek Nuer settlement. According...
Nations. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth was born in Jikany from Eastern Upper Nile State, South Sudan and a member of the Nuer ethnic group found both in the territories...
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