Aweil State News Today

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State has announced that the long-standing dispute between the state governor and state party chairman Tong Akeen Ngor, and political activist Bona Bak Apeny has been resolved.

Hundreds of protesters belonging to Ajuet and Chimel communities in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State took to the streets on Thursday morning to demand their annexation to Aweil Town Council instead of Aweil West County.

More than 45 representatives from the Aweil State government, women, youth, civil society organizations, and traditional leaders concluded a 3-days peace agreement dissemination workshop last week.

Former Aweil education minister dies Angelo Atak Akol, 69, the former minister of education in the government of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State died on Wednesday night, the education ministry said in a statement earlier today.  The deceased, an eminent educationist in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, attended a wedding party at South Sudan Hotel in Aweil on Wednesday night before heading home and developing health complications that later claimed his life.  It is reported that on reaching home, Angelo...