Owiny Ki-Bul
Owiny Ki-Bul | |
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Village | |
Owiny Ki-Bul Location in South Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 3°50′24″N 32°15′41″E / 3.84000°N 32.26139°E | |
| Country | South Sudan |
| Region | Equatoria |
| State | Eastern Equatoria |
| County | Magwi County |
| Payam | Owiny Ki-Bul Payam |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Owiny Ki-Bul (Acholi: "sound of the drums") is a village in the state of East Equatoria in South Sudan. It is located about 200 km south of the regional capital, Juba. The village consists of several dozen thatched-roof huts.
Owiny Ki-Bul is, along with Ri-Kwangba, one of two assembly points for the rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) under the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement agreed to by the LRA and the government of Uganda on 26 August 2006.[1]
Owiny Ki-Bul houses a SSPDF training center. In June 2011 David Yau Yau signed a peace deal with the South Sudanese government and his troop were airlifted by UNMISS to Owiny Ki-Bul to await integration to the SSPDF.[2]
February 2015 Clashes between villagers and SSPDF trainees erupted in Owiny Ki-Bul after a barfight involving a soldier. SSPDF soldiers burned 136 houses and clashes lead to over 30 people getting injured.[3]
References
- ^ "LRA Rebels Already Enroute to Owiny Ki-Bul :". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "SPLA-Juba beats Magwi civilians, burns homes after soldier's barfight". Radio Tamazuj. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
External links
- UGANDA-SUDAN: Waiting in vain for rebels Archived 10 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, IRIN, 5 October 2006