Charles W. Gwynn passed through this town while he was reconnoitering the Ethiopia–Sudan border in March 1900. There he found "a young Egyptian officer in charge of a small Government post, but he apparently had had no communications with anyone since the river Sobat had fallen, and was anxiously awaiting its rise in hopes of a steamer to replenish his stores."[2]
In 1991 local rebel leader Riek Machar used Nasir as his base of operations. There he met Emma McCune, a British aid worker who he later married. She died in Nairobi in November 1993 in a traffic accident. In May 1991 large numbers of refugees fleeing the civil war in Ethiopia descended on Nasir, swelling the local population from a few hundred to tens of thousands.
UN Operation Lifeline Sudan subsequently used Nasir as a major distribution point for WFP food distributions and UNICEF operations. These included rinderpest vaccinations of the local cattle population, meningitis vaccination programs, seed and tool inputs as well as emergency feeding programs.
The local airstrip is reputed to have been built by the RAF in the 1930s as a point en route from Khartoum to Nairobi. It was used as a fuel stop for RAF aircraft operations in North and East Africa.
Referencesedit
^"President Kiir appoints members of Latjor state parliament". Sudan Tribune. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^Gwynn, "The Frontiers of Abyssinia: A Retrospect", Journal of the Royal African Society, 36 (1937), p. 157
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nasir, south, sudan, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nasir South Sudan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Nasiris a city in the Nasir County of Upper Nile State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan 1 The city is on the north side of the Sobat River about 30 kilometres 19 mi from the Ethiopian border It is the administrative center of Nasir County NasirNasirLocation in South SudanCoordinates 8 36 N 33 4 E 8 600 N 33 067 E 8 600 33 067CountrySouth SudanRegionGreater Upper NileStateUpper Nile StateCountyNasir CountyTime zoneUTC 2 Central Africa Time Contents 1 Early days 2 Civil war 3 References 4 External linksEarly days editCharles W Gwynn passed through this town while he was reconnoitering the Ethiopia Sudan border in March 1900 There he found a young Egyptian officer in charge of a small Government post but he apparently had had no communications with anyone since the river Sobat had fallen and was anxiously awaiting its rise in hopes of a steamer to replenish his stores 2 nbsp Man and children outside building in Nasir Civil war editSPLA Nasir a splinter faction of the Sudan People s Liberation Army active from 1991 to 1994 derived their name from the town because it was their base citation needed In 1991 local rebel leader Riek Machar used Nasir as his base of operations There he met Emma McCune a British aid worker who he later married She died in Nairobi in November 1993 in a traffic accident In May 1991 large numbers of refugees fleeing the civil war in Ethiopia descended on Nasir swelling the local population from a few hundred to tens of thousands UN Operation Lifeline Sudan subsequently used Nasir as a major distribution point for WFP food distributions and UNICEF operations These included rinderpest vaccinations of the local cattle population meningitis vaccination programs seed and tool inputs as well as emergency feeding programs The local airstrip is reputed to have been built by the RAF in the 1930s as a point en route from Khartoum to Nairobi It was used as a fuel stop for RAF aircraft operations in North and East Africa References edit President Kiir appoints members of Latjor state parliament Sudan Tribune 17 March 2016 Retrieved 14 August 2016 Gwynn The Frontiers of Abyssinia A Retrospect Journal of the Royal African Society 36 1937 p 157External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nasir South Sudan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nasir South Sudan amp oldid 1223035049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
