Guit County is a county located in

Unity State Unity State, also known as Western Upper Nile, is a state in South Sudan. Unity state is in the Greater Upper Nile region. Unity is inhabited predominantly by two ethnic groups: the Nuer majority, and the Dinka minority. In 2015, a presidentia ...

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

, which has been impacted by the

South Sudanese Civil War The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan between forces of the government and opposition forces. In December 2013, President Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar and ten others of attempting a coup d'état. ...

. As of August 2015, outsiders had little if any access to Guit County, due to the fighting that began in Dec. 2013. A large number of people were displaced during fighting in early 2015. "According to SSRRA officials, besides 2540 vulnerable host population in Nimni, the payam is paying host to about 14,000 IDPs, most of them women and children. Nimni and the four adjacent payams are also hosting an aggregate of approximately 70,000 IDPs." IRNA reported that Guit County had also suffered damage from flooding in August 2014. As of April 2015, both animals and people were suffering a high morbidity rate due to difficult conditions. "People are surviving on wild foods including water lilies, lalob fruit, and very limited fish. Large scale animal morbidity and mortality has meant diminishing milk production and unfavorable terms of trade for herders." Notable people from Guit County include

Taban Deng Gai Taban Deng Gai is a South Sudanese politician who has been one of the Vice Presidents of South Sudan in the unity government since February 2020. He served as the First Vice President of South Sudan from 23 July 2016 to February 2020. He was min ...

, a Jikany Nuer who is aformer governor of Unity state, and a leader of the SPLM/A–IO. Refugees from Werni in the eastern Nuba Mountains have accuse the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) of using famine as a weapon to force them to flee.

References

{{coord missing, South Sudan Counties of South Sudan Unity (state)