Akobo, South Sudan
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 Akobo
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| Coordinates: 7°47′N 33°3′E / 7.783°N 33.050°ECoordinates: 7°47′N 33°3′E / 7.783°N 33.050°E | |
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 South Sudan
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| State | Eastern Bieh |
| County | Akobo County |
| Elevation | 1,600 ft (500 m) |
| Population (2011 Estimate) | |
| • Total | 1,000 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
| Climate | Aw |
Akobo is a town in South Sudan.
It is located in Akobo County, Eastern Bieh, in the northeastern part of South Sudan, near the International border with Ethiopia. Its location lies approximately 450 kilometres (280 mi), by road, northeast of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country.
AKOBO HISTORY- LAND AND PEOPLE.
Akobo massacre In 1983, in broad day light, in the very eye of the Government, the army and organized forces brutally massacred the Anywaa people in hundreds. Men, women, and children were killed indiscriminately. Children were ushered into the huts and set ablaze. Others were shot or speared to death. Others were hacked with pangas or stabbed with knives. Prominent Lou Nuer (MOR) officials were assigned the Task of executing the plan with support of the Nuer policemen, prison, and game warders, to direct and supervise the massacre. Look at how ruthlessly the Nuer can kill the nephews and neighbors including uncles of their children in cold blood. It was a disregard of the bond of intermarriages. The commissioner of Jonglei Province, Mr. Michael Mario (Nuer), pretended to rescue the situation by taking the survivors of Anywaa from Akobo town, including teachers and other government officials to Pibor town instead of controlling the situation. Actually, it was an attempt to vacate Akobo for the Nuer and to accelerate the occupation of the Ciro lands without the Anywaa intellectuals seeing what was taking place. The proper way was to bring the killers to justice or take them away to Lou if it was not a plan. The then South Sudan government did nothing. The influential Lou politicians were there. They were the ones who masterminded the whole thing in the first place. Akobo town completely remained without any single Anywaa except for those in far away villages hiding from the government killers.
The War within The War The atrocities of Anya-Nya I period repeated itself again. The year 1983 the SPLM/A established itself as a strong force against the Arabs. The Arabs targeted the Anywaa again for hosting the SPLA. The Nuer had the opportunity of double dealing again. They asked the Arabs to provide guns to guard and fight against the SPLA. It was a cheap token foken but an opportunity for the Nuer to use that gun against the Anywaa. It started harshly and sadly for Ciro Anywaa sub tribe but it was also a year where Ciro Anywaa identified their heroism to struggle for marginalized people of Sudan to be free, equal, and dignified. While Anywaa were engaged in SPLA/M, and others hiding in refuge, the Nuer were planning a revenge to compensate for the lives lost in the failed attack of 1981 once again.
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