Pibor County

Pibor
County
Country South Sudan
State Boma

Pibor is a county in Boma State, South Sudan. The county was part of the erstwhile Jonglei state.[1][2]

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

  1. "Referendum results: Jonglei". Southern Sudan Referendum 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  2. South Sudan’s Boma state violence displaces hundreds
  3. Geoffrey York, "Tribal violence runs amok in South Sudan" The Globe and Mail 24 January 2012

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