Motot (also spelled Mwot Tot) is a town in
Uror County
Uror is a county in Jonglei State, South Sudan. It has nine payams: Pathai, Pieri, Pulchuol, Palouny, Motdit, Motot
Motot (also spelled Mwot Tot) is a town in Uror County, Jonglei State, South Sudan.
History
Motot was one of the Lou Nue ...
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Jonglei State
Jonglei State is a state of South Sudan with Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor, Akobo, Ayod, Uror, Duk, Nyirol, Pigi, Twic East, and Fangak. Jonglei State is the largest st ...
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South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...
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History
Motot was one of the Lou
Nuer villages in which the
SPLA carried out a
forcible disarmament campaign in 2006. The battle of Motot which occurred near Motot was the end of the campaign and ended the
Nuer White Army
The Nuer White Army, sometimes decapitalised as the "white army", is a semi-official name for a militant organisation formed by the Nuer people of central and eastern Greater Upper Nile in modern-day South Sudan as early as 1991. According to th ...
for several years.
UN peacekeepers were deployed in Motot after the conflict.
In August 2011, 200 people were injured and more than 300 were killed in Motot and the village of Pieri due to
Murle attacks on the Lou Nuer.
During the
South Sudanese Civil War
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan between forces of the government and opposition forces. In December 2013, President Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar and ten others of attempting a coup d'état. ...
, the
United Nations World Food Program
The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен� ...
conducted food airdrops in May 2014 in Motot due to food shortages. In March 2017, humanitarians left Motot due to fighting in the area. On April 23, 2018, the
SPLA-IO claimed government forces attacked its positions in Motot, although the government denied it was in the area. In June 2019 Motot experienced heavy flooding.
References
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Counties of Jonglei State
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