Bentiu (Sudan)

Type: City

Name: Bentiu (Sudan)

Country: Sudan

Latitude: 9.24

Longitude: 29.83

population: 7,653

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Unity state: Five police and one solider die in Koch-Mayom clashes

(BENTIU) - Five Unity state policemen and one soldier were killed in Buoth district of Koch county on Friday in an attack local authorities have blamed on youth from neighbouring Mayom county.The incident follows tension and clashes this week along the ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 18 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Cattle, Police, Mayak Co

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Unity state traders call for reopening of border between two Sudans

(BENTIU) - Sudanese traders in South Sudan's Unity state have called on authorities in both countries - that split nearly two years ago - to fully implement agreements to open various border points along the tense new international border.A north Sudanese ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 16 2013]

Entities: South Sudan, Sudan, Bentiu (Sudan), Sudanese

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Unity state: Women crash stones to fight poverty

By Bonifacio Taban KuichMay 10, 2013 (BENTIU) - Women and children in South Sudan's Unity state have resorted to crashing gravels to fight hunger threat in the oil-rich region.In a series of interviews with Sudan Tribune , women and children as young ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 11 2013]

Entities: South Sudan, Bentiu (Sudan), Sudan, TENA

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

South Sudan (Republic of): Unity state: Raiders injure policeman, seize over 400 cattle

Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South Sudan (Republic of) By Bonifacio Taban Kuich May 7, 2013 (BENTIU) – A policeman was injured and over 400 cattle sized when armed youth stormed Unity state’s Mayiandit County on Monday, an official said. The incident, ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 08 2013]

Entities: Cattle, South Sudan, Police Officer

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Unity state: Hunger on rise as seed shortages hit Payinjiar

By Bonifacio Taban KuichMay 5, 2013 (BENTIU) – Residents in Unity state's Payinjiar county are facing severe seedling shortages, urging both the government and international NGO's to help provide seeds before the start of the rainy season.A flooded farm ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 06 2013]

Entities: Bentiu (Sudan), Flooding, Sudan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of H...

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M)

SSLA Rebels Say Their Presence in South Sudans Means Peace Not War

(BENTIU) - South Sudanese rebels who crossed back into the country's Unity State from Sudan last week said they are committed to peace talks with the government in Juba without any preconditions or demands.SSLA rebels in Unity state, August 2011 (Bonifacio ... [Published HighBeam Research - May 04 2013]

Entities: South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M)

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

UN World Food Programme

UN provides meals to twice as many schools in Unity state this year

By Bonifacio Taban KuichMay 3, 2013 (BENTIU) - The World Food Programme (WFP) is providing an increasing number of meals to schools in South Sudan's Unity state as food shortages and malnutrition worsened in some areas.WFP flight preparing to drop aid ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 04 2013]

Entities: UN World Food Programme, South Sudan, Bentiu (Sudan)

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

South Sudan (Republic of): SPLA releases over 27 children in Unity

Source: UN Mission in South SudanCountry: South Sudan (Republic of) 2 May 2012 - As the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) released 29 children from its ranks today in Unity State, a state official noted that hunger was a leading reason for young people ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 03 2013]

Entities: Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M), South Sudan, United Nation Mission In South Sudan

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Unity: Kuerlonga residents complain as govt. demolishes 500 homes

By Bonifacio Taban KuichApril 24, 2013 (BENTIU) - Residents of Kuerlonga village in Unity state have complained that they were given insufficient notice before 498 houses were demolished over the last week.Unity state's ministry of physical infrastructure ... [Published Sudan Tribune - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Bentiu (Sudan), Sudan, Infrastructure, Natural Resources

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 2 reports

Resumption of oil exports bring two Sudans closer to billions of dollars in revenue

First oil flows into tank on Sudanese territory from South Sudan's Block 5A, southeast of Unity state capital Bentiu.Middle East OnlineAfter shutdown of more than one yearSudan's oil ministry said Sunday that the first crude from South Sudan reached its ... [Published Middle East Online - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Abdul Fatah, Sudan, South Sudan

First reported Apr 09 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

Sudan Imports Push Commodity Prices...

Bentiu Commodity prices in the market have dropped in Unity state's capital Bentiu after a massive importation of goods from neighbouring Sudan through Mayom county arrived. In January this year, Misseriya and Bul Nuer chiefs signed a free trade deal ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Apr 09 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Commodities, South Sudan, Bentiu (Sudan)

First reported Mar 03 2013 - Updated Mar 03 2013 - 1 reports

South Sudan (Republic of): Unity state returnees given land after two year wait

Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South Sudan (Republic of) March 1, 2013 (BENTIU) - Nearly 900 returnees have been allocated land in Bentiu town for the first time after two years of being stranded in the state upon arrival from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Mar 03 2013]

Entities: South Sudan, Bentiu (Sudan), Khartoum, Sudan, Allotment

Quotes

"We are working out as the government to find out who is behind these deaths of people and truth will be revealed out soon" , he said

Unity state: Five police and one solider die in Koch-Mayom clashes [Published Sudan Tribune - May 18 2013]

But the commissioner says cattle raiding threatens the lives of people across the republic of South Sudan. He added that "as government we need to create more jobs opportunities to our young people in order to lay down cattle raiding"

Army in Unity state clash with raiders returning from Lakes state [Published Sudan Tribune - May 14 2013]

A report from the FamineFamine Early Warning System Network on 1 May said that between April and September acute food security will worsen "as the lean season progresses due to high food prices, reduced income, and persistent insecurity that continually disrupt livelihoods of the affected population"

UN provides meals to twice as many schools in Unity state this year [Published Sudan Tribune - May 04 2013]

"IIf they actually answer the calls of our president, always calling for peace, this is very good.” "

South Sudan (Republic of): After 14 Years, South Sudan Rebels to Surrender [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 26 2013]

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