Pibor County
Pibor is a county in the Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan. The county was part of the erstwhile Jonglei state.[1][2]
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| Country | South Sudan |
| State | Boma |
During the 2011–2012 South Sudan tribal clashes some six to eight thousand "armed raiders" entered the county in late December 2011, ransacking and burning. Three Médecins Sans Frontières clinics, the only source of formal healthcare in Jonglei state, were looted and torched.[3]
References
- "Referendum results: Jonglei". Southern Sudan Referendum 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
- South Sudan’s Boma state violence displaces hundreds
- Geoffrey York, "Tribal violence runs amok in South Sudan" The Globe and Mail 24 January 2012
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