Rocrocdong

Roc-Roc Dong is an administrative unit (payam) within the Jur River County, located in Western Bahr el Ghazal , South Sudan. The administrative headquarters of the payam are situated in Roc-Roc Dong Village, approximately 26 kilometers east of Wau Town, the state capital and principal urban center of the region.[1]

On November 2, 2017, Governor of then Wau State Angelo Taban fired eight commissioners of which one was Peter Dwai Uyu of Roc-Roc Dong.[2] On May 9, 2024, A SPLA-IO Brigadier general Marko Chol Akue was killed in Roc-Roc Dong after an apparent shoot-out over a land dispute[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jur River: Brigadier killed in land dispute". Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Wau state Governor sacks 8 commissioners, town mayor". Sudan Tribune. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
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