Leer County

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title: "Leer County" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["counties-of-unity-state", "leer-county"] topic_path: "general/counties-of-unity-state" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leer_County" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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In December 2009, traffic police established roadblocks along the road between Panyijar County and Leer and demanded high bribes from travelers who wanted to pass.{{cite web |title=South Sudan: Traffic police in Payinjiar, Mayiandit and Leer counties in Unity state accused of demanding bribes from passing motorists |publisher=Sudan Radio Service |date=4 December 2009 In March 2011 the Governor of Unity State, Taban Deng Gai, launched a drive to recruit men for the army. In April, Leer County police were reportedly enrolling young men into the Sudan People's Liberation Army by force, apparently on orders from the County Commissioner, who was in turn obeying the Governor's orders.{{cite web |url=http://sosanews.com/2011/04/14/s-sudan-drafting-citizens-in-army/ |title=S.Sudan: Drafting Citizens in Army |date=14 April 2011 |work=SoSaNews |accessdate=2011-08-03}} On 12 May 2011, landmines on the road from Leer to Bentiu exploded, destroying two vehicles, killing three people, and seriously injuring others. The border of Sudan to the north was blocked, causing shortages of supplies, and there were rumors that militias were moving south through the county.{{cite web |url=http://sudancatholicradio.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4022:missionaries-decry-violence-in-unity-state&catid=8:documents&Itemid=95 |date=1 June 2011 |title=Open letter of the Comboni Missionaries and Comboni Missionaries Sisters of Leer on the current situation of South Sudan |accessdate=2011-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320124957/http://sudancatholicradio.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4022:missionaries-decry-violence-in-unity-state&catid=8:documents&Itemid=95 |archive-date=20 March 2012

References

References

  1. "South Sudan: States and counties".
  3. Atekdit, Ariik. (15 February 2016). "Southern Liech Governor Arrives State Headquarters". Gurtong.
  4. (1 June 2011). "Missionaries concerned with the violence in unity state".
  5. (September 2023). "Joint Civil Society Statement on The Current Situation of...". Comboni Missionaries of Southern Sudan.

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