Therefore, if the Naath/Nuer as a community has been hungry for leadership as Jaang/Dinka always claims it, why would Lt. Col. Samuel Gai Tut select Mr. Akuot Atem who is a Dinka by tribe to be ...

Soldiers from the Dinka ethnic group aligned with Kiir, and those from the Nuer ethnic group supported Machar. Violence quickly spread to Jonglei, Upper Nile, and Unity states. From the outbreak ...