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{{Short description|Ethnic group in South Sudan}}
The '''Jikany Nuer''' are a section of the [[Nuer people]] who mainly live in the eastern part of [[Upper Nile (state)|Upper Nile]] state in [[South Sudan]], particularly around [[Nasir, South Sudan|Nasir]] in [[Nasir County]].{{sfn|Small Arms Survey|2010|pp=288}}
==Civil war==
During the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]] (1983–2005), between 1993 and 2004 the [[Lou Nuer]] and Jikany Nuer of Nasir County were in violent conflict. After that time, relations between the two groups were calmer until 2009, when they deteriorated sharply.{{sfn|Small Arms Survey|2010|pp=288}}
[[Gordon Kong Chuol]] belongs to the Jikany Nuer and comes from Nasir.
He became a militia leader of Thourjikany Forces, and a major-general in [[Anya Nya II]] in 1988.{{sfn|Johnson|2003|pp=202}}
He then became a commander and a member of the political and military high command of the SPLM/A.{{sfn|IRIN In-Depth}}
In August 1991 Riek Machar, [[Lam Akol]] and Gordon Kong announced that John Garang had been ejected from the SPLM.{{sfn|Johnson|2003|pp=202}}
The breakaway faction, based in Nasir until 1995 and then in [[Waat]] and [[Ayod]], was called the SPLM/A-Nasir faction from 1991 to 1993.{{sfn|Rone|2003|pp=8-9}}
In the first part of 1994, Gordon Kong became involved in a quarrel between Lou Nuer from Waat and Jikany Nuer in Nasir over fishing rights in the [[Sobat River]].
As commander of Waat and Nasir, Gordon Kong was ordered by Riek Machar to defend Nasir.
Instead Gordon Kong left Nasir and launched an attack on Lou civilians.
In response, the Lou called in Gordon Kong Banypiny for help, and he led a force of Lou men to Nasir, which they burned. Riek Machar arrested the commanders who had become involved in this fighting between SSIA sections and put them up for trial. Some were sentenced to imprisonment and others to death. Later they were pardoned.{{sfn|Rone|1996|pp=331}}
==References==
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'''Sources'''
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* {{cite web |ref={{harvid|IRIN In-Depth}}
|url=http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=22&ReportId=64283
|publisher=IRIN
|title=IRIN In-Depth on the prospects of peace in Sudan
|date=March 2004
|access-date=2011-08-09}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qq9GQyFDMe0C&pg=PA202
|title=The root causes of Sudan's civil wars
|last=Johnson |first=Douglas Hamilton
|publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2003
|ISBN=0-253-21584-6}}
*{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3WQkACoP3FkC&pg=PA8 |title=Sudan, oil, and human rights |last=Rone |first=Jemera |publisher=Human Rights Watch |year=2003 |isbn=1-56432-291-2}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X9db6P7xdP8C&pg=PA318
|title=Behind the red line: political repression in Sudan
|last=Rone |first=Jemera
|publisher=Human Rights Watch |year=1996
|ISBN=1-56432-164-9}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5FadVkhT6kC&pg=PA288
|title=Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns
|last=Small Arms Survey
|publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2010
|ISBN=0-521-14684-4}}
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==See also==
* [[2009 Sobat River ambush]]
{{Ethnic groups in South Sudan}}
{{authority control}}
[[Category:Ethnic groups in South Sudan]]
[[Category:Nuer people]]