
The Adio (also called Iddio or Makaraka) are an ethnic group indigenous to
Central Africa
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, closely related to the powerful
Azande or NiamNiam, occupying the
Bahr-el-Ghazal west of
Lado. They came originally from the country of the
Kibas, north of the
Welle River
The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Course
The Uele forms at Dungu, at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers, which both originate ...
. They do not extract the incisors.
Currently, they form part of the population of the
South Sudan
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ese state of
Central Equatoria
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. The Adio speak
Kakwa and
Mundu.
Gurtong Peace Project
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References
Gurtong Peace Project
Ethnic groups in South Sudan
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