Nuer
Americannoun
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Nuers,
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Nuerer
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a member of a tribal people who live along the Nile in southern Sudan and subsist chiefly by raising cattle.
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the Nilotic language of the Nuer people.
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The conflict in has largely pitted the two largest ethnic groups against each other -- the Dinka aligned mostly with Kiir, and the Nuer mostly with Machar.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Thursday’s clashes in the Malakal camp occurred between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups, a local representative of the displaced people told The Associated Press.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
The country, over the last years, has seen the limits of the peace deal forged between South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and his Nuer deputy, Riek Machar.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2023
The battle for control mainly raged between the supporters of President Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, and supporters of the First Vice-President Riek Machar, a Nuer.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2023
The Nuer tribe in the Sudan went so far as to smear stuffed animals with their mother’s urine, to give the counterfeit calves a familiar, live scent.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Most of the residents are Nuers, like Mr Machar, who have been stranded here since the civil war began.
From Economist ● Jan. 5, 2017
Mr. Machar says Mr. Deng has no command of the rebel troops nor authorization to represent Nuers in government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2016
Mr Machar and Gen Gadet are both ethnic Nuers, but they have not always fought on the same side in the past.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2013
He said many of the Nuers also died, but he did not have reliable figures.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2010
Over the past few months, hostilities have raged between the Afars and Tigreans, the Gurages and Wolaytas, the Anuaks and Nuers, and the Oromos and Tigreans.
From Time Magazine Archive
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