6-724: Rubkona (or Rub Kona , Rub-Koni ) is a town in the Rubkona County of Unity State , in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan . It lies on the northern bank of the Bahr el Ghazal River , connected via the El Salaam Bridge (The Peace Bridge) to the state capital, Bentiu . This bridge was bombed by North Sudanese MiG-29 bomber airplanes on April 23, 2012, during the Heglig Crisis . Rubkona
12-575: A large market, and roads to the south were being greatly improved prior to the war. In the rainy season, Rubkona is flooded. People must move from one part of town to another to escape the water. Bentiu Airport is located just north of Rubkona. Few kilometres north of the town, is also the UNMISS main base in Unity state where Protection of Civilian Sites (POCs) are being hosted. As of September 2020, approximately 167,856 IDPs were reportedly residing within
18-427: A sub tropical climate, with a rainy season from May to September and a dry season from October to April. The region is swampy, flooding in the rainy season. Malaria, Kala Azar and Bilharzia are endemic. Most of the population are Nuer people , agropastoralists for whom cattle are the measure of wealth and prestige. The county lies on the migration route of Baggara tribes, which is an ongoing cause of tension. During
24-649: Is the administrative center of Rubkona County . During the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), conditions were extremely poor and dangerous. Refugees from the countryside moved to the town for greater safety. After the peace agreement was signed in January 2005, there have been great improvements. However, most of those improvements were destroy following the outbreak of the South Sudanese Civil War in 2013. It previously had
30-582: The Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005) some of the rural population fled to the towns of Rubkona and Bentiu. Others moved north to Khartoum or escaped to bordering countries. As of 2008, three years after the peace agreement had been signed, refugees were still returning. In 2008 the Action Contre le Faim (ACF) non-government organization was running a treatment center in Bentiu for sufferers from Severe Acute Malnutrition with medical complications. ACF
36-523: The five PoC, or former-PoC, sites. Rubkona County Rubkona County is an administrative division of Unity State , South Sudan . The administrative center is the town of Rubkona , across the Bahr el Ghazal River from the state capital Bentiu and the town of Yoynyang , which are also in Rubkona County. Large villages in the county include Dhorbor, Nhialdiu , Biel, and Rot Riak (Unity) where oilfields are based. Rubkona County has
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