Liria (South Sudan)
Coordinates: 4 ° 39 ' N , 32 ° 5' E
Liria is a small town in the state of Central Equatoria in South Sudan .
location
The city is located around 72 km southeast of Juba , the capital of South Sudan.
population
There are no exact figures about the current population of Liria. The place is in the settlement area of the Lokoya - a subgroup of the Lotuko - which extends into the Torit district .
history
In the civil war in South Sudan , which lasted until 2005, Liria was captured by the government in Khartoum in May 1992 . In September 1998 the rebel army SPLA briefly captured the area, only to withdraw from the place in October.
Even after the end of the war, the Liria area was subject to attacks by the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). In 2005 the Ugandan government suspected that Joseph Kony , the leader of the LRA, was in the vicinity of Liria. In 2007 there was fighting between SPLA troops and cattle thieves from the Murle ethnic group .
According to the mine clearance organization Sudan Integrated Mine Action Service (SIMAS), Liria is one of the areas most severely affected by anti-personnel mines in South Sudan.
economy
As a result of the war, infrastructure, trade and industry are only very poorly developed. Since the peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the SPLA, there have been the first signs of a small economic upturn.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Lokoya. Gurtong ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sudan gives Uganda free rein to chase LRA , in: Sudan Tribune, 2005
- ↑ 10 killed in clashes between SPLA, cattle raiders in South Sudan , in: Sudan Tribune, June 4, 2007
- ↑ Landmines still threaten food security efforts in S. Sudan , in: Sudan Tribune, April 5, 2010
