Biem is a village in the north of the
Ruweng Administrative Area
The Ruweng Administrative Area is an administrative area in South Sudan. The area was known as Ruweng State between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020 when it was a state of South Sudan.
History
On 1 October 2015, President Salva Kiir issued a ...
in
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
, approximately 70 km northeast of
Bentiu
Bentiu, also spelled Bantiu, is a city in South Sudan. It is the capital of Unity State.
Location
Bentiu is located in Rubkona County, Unity State, in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan, near the international border with the Republic ...
. Biem is located north of the
Bahr al -Arab River and is inhabited mainly by cattle.
The village is located in the area of oil deposits of
Heglig. During the
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil Wa ...
, Biem was affected, not least because of its proximity to the border with the northern Sudan but because of its oil fields. This resulted in hunger among the local population and disease. Biem was under the control of the
Sudan People's Liberation Army
The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is the military force of South Sudan. The SPLA was founded as a guerrilla movement against the government of Sudan in 1983 and was a key parti ...
and became a haven for them. In 1999, government forces destroyed the village in a campaign.
''Displacement and Devastation in Block 1, 1999.'' Human Rights Watch, 24. November 2003
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References
Ruweng Administrative Area
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