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State governor Kuol Manyang Juuk says fighters from the Murle tribe attacked several villages of the Lou-Nuer tribe on Thursday.
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State governor Kuol Manyang Juuk says fighters from the Murle tribe attacked several villages of the Lou-Nuer tribe on Thursday.
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The U.N. spokesman said violence between the Murle and Lou Nuer tribes broke out Thursday.
At least 58 killed in South Sudan tribal clashes: U.N. Reuters 2011
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These attacks come in the context of an upsurge in violence throughout Jonglei state that has pitted all of the main ethnic groups of the state against each other in patterns that often mirror the historic dynamics of intra-South conflict during the North-South civil war: violence between the Nuer and Dinka, the Murle and Nuer, and between Nuer clans are some of the central trends of the conflict reemerging in Jonglei today.
John Prendergast: Field Dispatch: Jonglei, Southern Sudan 2009
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Murle woke me up and made me get out of bed just to remind me that I am not going to get to go to Winks, with her and Taz and Malibu.
miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2009
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The Murle live in a remote, marginal area with minimal links to markets and very little international assistance.
Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of armed conflict in Africa 2008
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One example is the overhunting of antelope by the Murle people of Pibor state.
Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of armed conflict in Africa 2008
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Murle and Dinka tribesmen in Jonglei state, the UN refugee agency said in a statement.
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The clashes in the Jonglei State between Murle and Dinka tribesmen over cattle theft "degenerated into widespread revenge attacks in the past fortnight, leaving 34 dead and scores wounded," UNHCR said.
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The Murle raid on the local Nuer villages in Jonglei last week was an act of retaliation, the United Nations said, and it warned that more of them could follow.
NYT > Home Page By JOSH KRON 2011
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