Nhialdiu
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Nhialdiu is a large village in Unity State, South Sudan
, about 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) to the southeast of Bentiu
.
Nhialdiu is in Bul Nuer country.
Between June 1997 and November 1998 fighting between factions in the Nhialdiu area caused about 70% of the population to flee to Bentiu
and Mankien
.
In early 1998 villages around Nhialdiu were looted and destroyed. The health center in Nhialdiu was destroyed.
Between July and August 2000 during fighting between militias a large band of country between Nimne and Nhialdiu was depopulated and burned to the ground.
Many attacks were reported on villages around Nhialdiu in January–April 2002.
A study of Landsat data between 1999 and 2004 showed major shifts in land use that closely corresponded to reports of fighting in Block 5A. Between 1999 and 2002 most farming activity stopped in the bands that extended 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) on each side of the newly built oil roads. Traditional farming areas were abandoned and there was a gradual drift of farming activity towards the south and west. By 2002 there was no sign of any farming activity around Nhialdiu, where a series of village attacks were reported for the last three years.
On 23 March 2005 Leek Nuer raiders attacked cattle camps around Nhialdiu killing twenty people and taking 24,000 head of cattle.
6,000-10,000 civilians took refuge in Nhialdiu.
The Bul launched a counter attack on the Leek, causing more civilians to flee to Nhialdiu, Bentiu
and Rubkona.
In January 2007 the vice-president of the Government of South Sudan visited the village.
That week there was small-scale spear fighting in Pakcur and Nhialdiu in which five people were wounded in revenge for a killing that had taken place three months before.
In August 2011 a public bus with 12 passengers hit landmines when travelling from Bentiu to Nhialdiu. Two people died and six were injured. The government suspected that a militia linked to Gai Yoach had planted the mines.
As of January 2010 the Primary Health Care Center at Nhialdiu was partially equipped, and was being staffed by qualified nurses. The center was short of supplies of vaccines and medicines.
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|publisher=Prinz Engineering
|accessdate=2011-09-11}}}
|url=http://www.cidi.org/report/8135
|title=OCHA Situation Report Southern Sudan 1 - 7 January 2007
|publisher=UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
|date=January 7, 2007
|accessdate=2011-09-14}}
|url=http://www.bsf-south-sudan.org/sites/default/files/BSF-IA%2520QPR10-04%2520CARE.doc
|title=Quarterly Progress Report QPR (2010)-(04)
|publisher=CARE SOUTH SUDAN
|date=15/01/ 2011
|accessdate=2011-09-14}}
|url=http://reliefweb.int/node/43990
|title=Sudan Bulletin No. 74: 06 - 13 Feb 1999
|publisher=World Food Programme
|date=25 Feb 1999
|accessdate=2011-09-13}}
|url=http://www.gurtong.org/ResourceCenter/documents/Articles/war_related_HR_by_GOS.htm
|title=War-related Human Rights Abuses by Government of Sudan (GoS) Upper Nile January to April 2002
|publisher=SUDAN FOCAL POINT- AFRICA
|date=2 April 2002
|accessdate=2011-09-12}}
South Sudan
South Sudan , officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the Sahel region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN sub-region. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more...
, about 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) to the southeast of Bentiu
Bentiu
-Location:Bentiu is located in Rubkona County, Unity State, in northern South Sudan, near the International border with the Republic of Sudan. This location lies approximately , by road, northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country. Bentiu sits on the southern banks of the Bahr...
.
Nhialdiu is in Bul Nuer country.
Civil war
The village is at a strategic junction of dirt roads.Between June 1997 and November 1998 fighting between factions in the Nhialdiu area caused about 70% of the population to flee to Bentiu
Bentiu
-Location:Bentiu is located in Rubkona County, Unity State, in northern South Sudan, near the International border with the Republic of Sudan. This location lies approximately , by road, northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country. Bentiu sits on the southern banks of the Bahr...
and Mankien
Mankien
Mankien is a community in Unity state in South Sudan. With a key location near the oil fields, the town changed hands more than once during the Second Sudanese Civil War...
.
In early 1998 villages around Nhialdiu were looted and destroyed. The health center in Nhialdiu was destroyed.
Between July and August 2000 during fighting between militias a large band of country between Nimne and Nhialdiu was depopulated and burned to the ground.
Many attacks were reported on villages around Nhialdiu in January–April 2002.
A study of Landsat data between 1999 and 2004 showed major shifts in land use that closely corresponded to reports of fighting in Block 5A. Between 1999 and 2002 most farming activity stopped in the bands that extended 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) on each side of the newly built oil roads. Traditional farming areas were abandoned and there was a gradual drift of farming activity towards the south and west. By 2002 there was no sign of any farming activity around Nhialdiu, where a series of village attacks were reported for the last three years.
Post war
Sporadic security problems continued after the end of the civil war in January 2005.On 23 March 2005 Leek Nuer raiders attacked cattle camps around Nhialdiu killing twenty people and taking 24,000 head of cattle.
6,000-10,000 civilians took refuge in Nhialdiu.
The Bul launched a counter attack on the Leek, causing more civilians to flee to Nhialdiu, Bentiu
Bentiu
-Location:Bentiu is located in Rubkona County, Unity State, in northern South Sudan, near the International border with the Republic of Sudan. This location lies approximately , by road, northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country. Bentiu sits on the southern banks of the Bahr...
and Rubkona.
In January 2007 the vice-president of the Government of South Sudan visited the village.
That week there was small-scale spear fighting in Pakcur and Nhialdiu in which five people were wounded in revenge for a killing that had taken place three months before.
In August 2011 a public bus with 12 passengers hit landmines when travelling from Bentiu to Nhialdiu. Two people died and six were injured. The government suspected that a militia linked to Gai Yoach had planted the mines.
As of January 2010 the Primary Health Care Center at Nhialdiu was partially equipped, and was being staffed by qualified nurses. The center was short of supplies of vaccines and medicines.
Sources
|url=http://www.prinsengineering.com/sudan_5az.htm|title=Block 5A - Oil Field of Sudan - MASSIVE CHANGES IN TRADITIONAL LAND USE SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF OIL INDUSTRY
|publisher=Prinz Engineering
|accessdate=2011-09-11}}}
|url=http://www.cidi.org/report/8135
|title=OCHA Situation Report Southern Sudan 1 - 7 January 2007
|publisher=UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
|date=January 7, 2007
|accessdate=2011-09-14}}
|url=http://www.bsf-south-sudan.org/sites/default/files/BSF-IA%2520QPR10-04%2520CARE.doc
|title=Quarterly Progress Report QPR (2010)-(04)
|publisher=CARE SOUTH SUDAN
|date=15/01/ 2011
|accessdate=2011-09-14}}
|url=http://reliefweb.int/node/43990
|title=Sudan Bulletin No. 74: 06 - 13 Feb 1999
|publisher=World Food Programme
|date=25 Feb 1999
|accessdate=2011-09-13}}
|url=http://www.gurtong.org/ResourceCenter/documents/Articles/war_related_HR_by_GOS.htm
|title=War-related Human Rights Abuses by Government of Sudan (GoS) Upper Nile January to April 2002
|publisher=SUDAN FOCAL POINT- AFRICA
|date=2 April 2002
|accessdate=2011-09-12}}