Western Equatoria - History

History

In the 1880s, Western Equatoria was home to the Azande administration of King Gbudwe, which ruled much of the area at the time.

In the middle of twentieth century, after Sudan's independence in 1956, a number of southern Sudanese independence liberation movements, such as the Anyanya and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M), led by John Garang de Mabior, made their impact on the area, as they envisioned a New Sudan.

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