Loyoro is a community in

Eastern Equatoria Eastern Equatoria is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 73,472 km². The capital is Torit. On October 1, 1972, the state was divided into Imatong and Namorunyang states and was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 Febru ...

state of

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, about as the crow flies to the north east of Narus. It lies on the

Loyoro River The Loyuro River (or Loyooro, Loyoro) is a stream in Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan. The river originates in the east of Didinga Hills, flowing eastward into Greater Kapoeta and discharging into the swampy area northeast of Narus. The rive ...

. Loyoro is part of the Narus parish of the Catholic Diocese of Torit. According to their tradition, the ancestors of the

Toposa people The Toposa are an ethnic group in South Sudan, living in the Greater Kapoeta region of the erstwhile Eastern Equatoria state. They have traditionally lived by herding cattle, sheep and goats, and in the past were involved in the ivory trade. They ...

settled at Losilang in what is now northern Uganda for a while, then drifted north in search of grazing. At Loyoro one group, the Nyangatom or Dongiro, went east, while the Mosingo and Kor sections of the Toposa, under pressure from the Turkana, moved west and had settled in

Kapoeta Kapoeta is a town in South Sudan. It is located in Kapoeta South County, in Eastern Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria State, in southeastern South Sudan. Location The town lies on the east bank of the Singaita River. The post at Kapoeta was establi ...

by 1830. 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. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originate ...

(1983-2005) many of the people of the community fled, returning after signature of the

Comprehensive Peace Agreement The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA, ar, اتفاقية السلام الشامل, Ittifāqiyyah al-salām al-šāmil), also known as the Naivasha Agreement, was an accord signed on January 9, 2005, by the Sudan People's Liberation Moveme ...

. Per the

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, the Loyoro were the subject of an attack by the Sudan's Peoples Liberation Army on April 15, 2002, in which 24 community members were killed and 15 injured. As of 2004, the Catholic Diocese of Torit was operating a center at Loyoro serving the displaced. The people later had difficulty gaining funding for reconstruction since they did not count as refugees or

Internally Displaced People An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee. A ...

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{{reflist Populated places in Eastern Equatoria