Upper Nile is a state in South Sudan. The White Nile flows through the state, giving it its name. The state also shares a similar name with the region of Greater Upper Nile, of which it was part along with the states of Unity and Jonglei. It had an area of 77,823 square kilometres (30,048 sq mi). Malakal was the capital of the state.

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1 day ago · South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, February 5, 2023. ©2023 ...

Mar 7, 2025 · The White Army overran an army base at Mr. Machar’s stronghold in Upper Nile State. “South Sudan is slipping rapidly toward full-blown war,” said Alan Boswell, a South Sudan expert at the ...

Hostilities in Upper Nile could be the first major violent spillover from Sudan's war into South Sudan. The Sudanese military has a decades-long history of exploiting ethno-political fissures in ...

Feb 28, 2025 · • In South Sudan, Upper Nile State (UNS) remains the epicenter of Sudan’s displacement crisis. Over just 6 weeks beginning in December, fighting forced more than 120,000 people across the ...

Mar 7, 2025 · Several people have died in South Sudan after an attempt by the UN to evacuate members of the national army came under fire, the UN has said. ... Weeks of fighting in Upper Nile has threatened an ...

Jan 31, 2025 · As Machar is from Unity state and Unity and Upper Nile states contained South Sudan’s lucrative oil fields, Greater Upper Nile became an important battleground and base during the civil war. 7 Alex de Waal, ‘When kleptocracy becomes insolvent: Brute causes of the civil war in South Sudan,’ African Affairs, July 2014; The Sentry ...

Upper Nile is a state in South Sudan. The White Nile flows through the state, giving it its name. The state also shares a similar name with the region of Greater Upper Nile, of which it was part along with the states of Unity and Jonglei. It had an area of 77,823 square kilometres (30,048 sq mi). Malakal was the capital of the state.

Juba, 18 February 2025 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is deeply concerned by clashes in Nassir, Upper Nile, and persistent tensions between organized forces in Western...