Nuer
Americannoun
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Nuers,
plural
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Nuerer
plural
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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
These have been fuelled by ethnic divisions - Kiir is Dinka, while Machar is Nuer - and competing political ambitions.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
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
No one, it seemed, was sure where Nuer land ended and Dinka land began, so each tribe tried to lay claim to the areas richest in water.
From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park
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
Gen Gadet began his campaign after reports of his fellow Nuers being killed began to come out of Juba.
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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