| 单词 | Dinka |
| 例句 | No one, it seemed, was sure where Nuer land ended and Dinka land began, so each tribe tried to lay claim to the areas richest in water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dinka and the Nuer had been fighting each other for hundreds of years. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Respect is the first thing a child learns in a Dinka family—respect for mother, father, aunts, uncles, other children, and animals. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all Dinka children, I had to do chores from a very early age. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the three lions didn’t want anything to do with the Dinka hunters and escaped through gaps in the circle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That is how “dating” is done in the Dinka culture. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By Dinka custom, families move to places where the father has relatives. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For us Dinka, elders are the respected adults who guide us and care for us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinka girls never give men too much encouragement. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinka boys of fifteen or sixteen must go through an intense ritual of initiation. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the daughter of a Dinka chief and was considered quite an excellent bride. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dinka admired him as much as any American sports fans look up to an athlete who scores a touchdown or hits a home run. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinka cows look wilder than their American cousins and have thick horns that are two to three feet long. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a day of great celebration and dancing, in American and Dinka style. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Our legends say that God offered the first Dinka man a choice between the gift of the first cow and a secret gift, called the “What.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That means they can fight lions, go to war, and have all of the privileges of adulthood except marriage, which Dinka men traditionally put off until they are about age thirty. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mawien Dut sprinkled water on his son’s head, the Dinka way of blessing someone who was lost and is found again. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy spoke Dinka but with a different accent, which meant that he was not from the area around Salva’s village. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dinka and the Nuer did not look very different physically. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I regret that I never had the chance to be initiated into manhood in the Dinka way. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My status as a Dinka wife was now official. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all good Dinka, my family raised cattle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had grown to adulthood in a Dinka village like my brothers and sisters before me, I would have had many relatives and many traditions to guide me along the way. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When we couldn’t avoid the subject of food any longer, I would remind the boys in my group of an old Dinka saying: “Hunger does not know nguik.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And Dinka men always have more than one wife. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned me down in the polite way that all Dinka girls turn down all Dinka boys when they try to strike up their first conversation. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, among the Dinka, a man can abduct a girl when she is walking alone, and then she has to marry him. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good morning, pupils. I am your teacher, Atak,” he said in Dinka. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Traditionally, all Dinka women marry because it gives them a sense of belonging. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In the winter of 2005, once the dowry was settled, we were considered married in the eyes of the Dinka tribe. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Dinka language, the Atuot were called “the people of the lion.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nuer and the Dinka had a long history of trouble. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why would a Dinka bring water to us?" she wondered aloud. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dinka say, “Who is going to bring the lion?” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very hard because we were in Kenya so the exams were in Kiswahili, a third language I had to master beyond Dinka and English. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, we Dinka say that he held the laws in his heart. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the Dinka grapevine, I knew I had an uncle, my mother’s brother, in Kakuma, even though I had never met him. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Dinka families give their children a name from the Bible when they are baptized, and that is how I became John at age four or five. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They were probably of average height, but to us tall Dinka, they seemed like tiny, tiny people. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice sounded excited, and he began to explain that he had been at a church service in Sydney, a church that other Dinka people also attended. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And besides, an education wasn’t something a Dinka girl had been taught to value. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody started school at the same time—big kids and small kids, Dinka and Nuer and members of all of the other tribes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while we traveled with three other refugees from the invading army, a Dinka woman and her two daughters. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Dinka never built factories or highways or cars or planes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Cows remain the lifeblood of the Dinka culture. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I had trouble following everything the interviewers said, but fortunately a translator repeated everything in Dinka. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave me advice on how to succeed in America, yet cling to my Dinka ways. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost from birth, a child is taught the values of the Dinka, which my great-uncle had in abundance. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After about a week, they were joined by more people—another group of Dinka and several members of a tribe called the Jur-chol. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew only that they were Dinka and that they were trying to stay away from the war. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is Dinka,” he said, and began walking again. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though we Dinka people had had to leave our homeland in Southern Sudan years before, we had managed to keep our connections going through a kind of Dinka “grapevine.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dinka believe that the secret gift went to the people of the West. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That is a Dinka custom, for a widowed woman to live with her brother-in-law. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Her tribe, the Nuer, often fought with the rival Dinka tribe over the land surrounding the lake. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew the Dinka could survive because they could catch fish as the swamps filled with water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dinka and the Nuer were enemies—had been for hundreds of years. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My Dinka first name is Arual, the name my father’s family gives to firstborn girls. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The family hung the prizes in their luak, a round Dinka cattle pen with a thatched roof. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had had female relatives of my own, they would have helped me prepare the feast, but instead other Dinka women came with food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We all tried to choose a name that would sound good with our Dinka name, or rhyme with it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Remember how I said that we Dinka are storytellers? Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A young Dinka boy milks a cow near his home in Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinka children learn respect from their parents and other elders, who are quick with discipline and encouragement. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dinka had heard omens of war for a long time. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They said that God really must be with the Dinka if it rained on us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If you are Dinka, your clan is very important to your identity. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We were used to Dinka houses—all enclosed with just a little crack or door to let air in. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the Dinka, the tortoise is believed to be very smart. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinka patterns again—the kind that were given to the boys in Salva’s village as part of the ritual of becoming a man. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother and some other Dinka boys saw what happened and tried to chase the lions away. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Like John, I am part of the Dinka people, the biggest tribe in Southern Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The ritual scar patterns on her forehead were familiar: They were Dinka patterns, which meant that she was from the same tribe as Salva. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who made the cut prepared themselves in the Dinka way. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Murle are another tribe in Southern Sudan, and we knew about them because they would raid villages and steal not only cattle but Dinka children, whom they would raise as their own. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I had tape-recorded the voices of some Dinka elders at a going-away party. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Afraid that the men in the family would run into Dinka tribesmen somewhere, that they would fight and get injured—or worse. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z No one from Nya's family had been hurt or killed by Dinka. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the tradition among the Dinka, to respect your elders and do what they told you. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The northern armies controlled much of the homeland of the Dinka. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I wanted to marry Martha in the Dinka manner. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time I thought he was too strict, but now I realize that he was raising me to be strong, as a Dinka man should be. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of Dinka traditions and the work of the missionaries, I have two names. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Dinka mother has a secret name or two for her child. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Church and school are important to the Dinka. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z All around him, people were licking their fingers in great satisfaction—except for one Dinka man who had been stung on his tongue. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, part of that was just Dinka custom. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My people, the Dinka, raise cows in Southern Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When I first got to America, I had gotten a call from some of John’s cousins who lived in Texas and who had heard through the Dinka grapevine that I was in America. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, some of the older Dinka boys had married Anyuak girls, and they were staying behind. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A Dinka man who follows these rules and maintains the values he learned as a boy can grow up to be a great leader, like my great-uncle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A Dinka child is also taught to fight for family, village, tribe, and country. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It is common among the Dinka for a man to have more than one wife. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinka tradition said she could not encourage me—or, at least, not right away. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That is the age when most Dinka girls from the countryside get married. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew they could survive because the Dinka have weathered many a dry spell. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z You had to look at the scar patterns on people s faces to tell the tribes apart—Dinka scar patterns were different from those of the Nuer. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a nice, quiet afternoon, with cattle grazing in front of the family compound and Nyanriak in the yard grinding millet—a kind of grain we Dinka eat a lot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I used that saying to remind everyone to be strong, like a Dinka. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s why the Dinka lived in isolation until the nineteenth century, when British explorers and missionaries began pushing through the swamp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We played soccer and alueth, and we wrestled and told stories in the Dinka way. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually he walked among the Dinka, but today, shuffling along in a daze, he found he had fallen a little behind. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked the way it sounded with my Dinka name, Arual. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the years, there had been many battles, large and small, between Dinka and Nuer; many people on both sides had been killed. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Kuojok, now a grandmother, hadn't made the beaded corsets that were unique to her Dinka tribe since she was a child, said Roots Project founder Anyieth D'Wol, a former human rights worker. Santa Fe hosts world's largest folk art market 2012-06-26T16:18:09Z “Where I come from, to have girth is a sign of opulence,” Dinka says. Black Panther: does the Marvel epic solve Hollywood's Africa problem? 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z And a seductively delicate openwork male corset made by the Dinka people of Sudan. New York Fashion Week: Male Models at the Line of Beauty ? NY Fashion Week 2011-09-16T23:20:18Z Comedy Africans still popped up but they were generally benign, such as Dinka, the naive, portly, generally decent Nigerian in Ice Cube’s Barbershop series. Black Panther: does the Marvel epic solve Hollywood's Africa problem? 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Some in the camp even view the pope’s trip, which is being spent entirely in the capital, with suspicion, worrying that he could receive a sanitized, or Dinka, narrative. Beyond the hopeful pope bubble in South Sudan, scenes of despair 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Dinka finished with 97 yards on 22 carries. Indiana State shuts out winless Western Illinois 21-0 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z It quoted a statement from the Jieng Council of Elders, an influential body of Dinka traditional leaders, criticizing Kiir’s leadership in a statement in January. UN experts say South Sudan divisions widen, new war possible 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z In English and Dinka dialogue Not rated Running time: 1 hour, 33 minutes Playing: Available Oct. Review: The repressed return with a vengeance in the well-acted refugee thriller 'His House' 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z As part of the peace deal, Machar’s rebel army, made up mostly of the Nuer ethnic group, is being integrated into the national army, mostly made up of Dinkas. Hundreds killed, villages destroyed in massacres undermining South Sudan’s peace deal 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z He called on their respective Dinka and Nuer ethnic groups to do the same. South Sudan’s rivals form unity government meant to end war 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z The Dinka and Nuer, South Sudan's two largest ethnic groups, which the two leaders belong to, have been accused of targeting each other in the war, with atrocities committed by both sides. South Sudan rivals strike power-sharing deal 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Her father, Athian, worked for an education board, and insisted his children were all educated to a high standard, speaking Arabic in school as well as their native Dinka. Alek Wek: ‘See this? This is all woman. I know what I’m doing’ 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z She took her team to the Metropolitan Museum in New York to view a Dinka corset. In ‘Black Panther,’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Found a Career-Defining Challenge 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Sorri Dinka, spokesman for the Oromiya Police Commission, said authorities are taking action against individuals suspected of ethnically motivated crimes. Ethnic unrest tarnishes new Ethiopian leader's reforms 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The clashes soon erupted into a civil war that divided the country along ethnic lines, with the Dinka ethnic majority supporting Mr. Kiir, and the Nuer ethnic group aligned with Mr. Machar. A Peace Deal for South Sudan Is Signed. Will It Last? 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z “If those Dinkas get you on the road, they will kill you,” she says, referring to the president’s ethnic group. Refugees need not be a burden, if they are allowed to work 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z He believed they had been attacked because they belonged to the same Dinka ethnic group as South Sudan’s president and his father was loyal to the government. Over 40 Should Face Trial for South Sudan Atrocities, U.N. Team Says 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The members of the team all come from South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, and are ethnically Dinka. A Wrestling Team in Australia Fights to Prove It’s Not an ‘African Gang’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The killings are the latest chapter in a chain of revenge attacks, cattle raiding and child abductions between the Murle and the Dinka Bor tribe. World Digest: Nov. 29, 2017 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The perpetrators, they say, were Dinka marauders wearing blue and Dinka soldiers in uniform. As South Sudan implodes, America reconsiders its support for the regime 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Now, South Sudan is mired in a new civil war, pitting the members of the Dinka tribe, traditionally South Sudan’s powerhouse, against the Nuer. Iraqi Kurdish vote latest in series of de facto breaks 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Civilians who have fled the violence to neighbouring countries say government troops, mostly drawn from Kiir’s Dinka tribe, carry out killings and other crimes against Machar’s Nuer and other smaller tribes suspected of supporting rebels. Aid workers warn of 'devastating' cholera outbreak in South Sudan 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z One 32-year-old mother was detained by Dinka soldiers after being separated from her husband, who remains missing. South Sudan refugees recall horrific sexual assaults 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z South Sudan has been decimated by a war that has increasingly fallen along ethnic lines, mostly between the Dinka and Nuer groups. Covering the world’s biggest hunger crises, I saw people with nothing give everything to save a life 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z He and President Salva Kiir are both ethnic Dinka and he says it is not in the Dinka culture to fight each other. South Sudan’s ousted army chief says no retaliation in mind 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z My name, “Ater,” in Dinka has several meanings, but my favorite is “perseverance.” My adopted homeland’s compassion is needed now more than ever 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Just about everyone in Bentiu’s camp is Nuer, and South Sudan’s government, especially the military, is dominated by members of the Dinka tribe. ‘Duop, Can You Hear Me?’ A Child Soldier Tries to Go Home Again 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z But as a unit of mainly Dinka soldiers, said to have been established by the head of the army, they are the ones suspected of perpetrating some of the worst atrocities in Yei. South Sudan conflict: 'Soldiers will kill you for no reason in Yei' - BBC News 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z A rebel movement allied to Machar reacted by mowing down thousands of others, mostly Dinka, decapitating some of the bodies. The Lost Hopes for South Sudan 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z As his coffers emptied, Mr Kiir started flagrantly to favour his own Dinka tribe, South Sudan’s biggest, to stay in power. Why states fail and how to rebuild them 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The military, which residents and local government officials say are from the Dinka tribe, attacked other tribes who are natives of Yei and surrounding Equatoria state on suspicion they supported the rebels, the locals said. Wave of ethnic killings engulfs town in South Sudan 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Kiir said in a recent speech that the army was mostly comprised of his Dinka tribe because other ethnic groups are part of the rebels. UN warns that South Sudan risks spiraling into a genocide 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z He is also a product of the young country’s rich diversity, born to a mother from the Dinka tribe and a father from the Nuer. Can Archivists Save the World’s Newest Nation? In the fighting, which broke down broadly but not exclusively along tribal lines, Dinka government forces loyal to Mr. Kiir targeted Nuers. Exiled South Sudan Rebel Leader Vows Return 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The problem, says Mr Kuol, is that: “This is a government only for Dinkas. The rest of us they want to starve to death.” Why states fail and how to rebuild them 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Kiir is largely supported by the Dinka, the largest of South Sudan's more than 40 tribes. South Sudan's second city scorched by renewed fighting 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Kiir is largely supported by the Dinka, the largest of South Sudan’s more than 40 tribes. South Sudan's second city scorched by renewed fighting 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Speakers shared memories of him, and many from the Sudanese community attended, singing hymns in their native Dinka tongue. A Lost Boy’s tragic odyssey 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Most South Sudanese who are Dinka, the largest ethnic group of South Sudan's 12.5 million people, support their tribesman, President Kiir. AP EXPLAINS: How South Sudan rebel's flight adds to turmoil 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Like Mayik, most of the women in the tent were ethnic Shilluks, allies of the Nuers and adversaries of the ethnic Dinkas who controlled the area outside the camp as well as the national military. South Sudanese civilians fear the U.N. can’t protect them from a massacre 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, has been riven by ethnic violence since late 2013 when a civil war broke out between the Dinka and Nuer peoples. UN: Promise of peace and justice 'squandered' in South Sudan 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The town of Malakal, for example, changed hands roughly a dozen times during the course of the civil war and is now controlled by Dinkas. In South Sudan, bodies are being counted as peace accord appears to unravel 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The violence was especially worrying because of the ethnic tensions involved, as many supporters of the president were Dinka and supporters of Machar, now a rebel leader, were mostly Nuer. A look at South Sudan, a young country divided by civil war 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z U.N. peacekeepers in the country’s volatile northeast told their colleagues to remain cautious, particularly in places where Nuer and Dinka forces live in close proximity. Fighting erupts in fragile South Sudan on the eve of its independence day 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z South Sudan's civil war began in 2013 pitting mostly Dinka government soldiers against mainly Nuer rebels and has killed tens of thousands of people. Rights group: South Sudan army violated civilians in Wau 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The country's conflict often involves an ethnic dimension, pitting Dinka and Nuer groups against each other, but there is also significant fighting over resources without regard to ethnicity. Why Africa’s migrant crisis makes no sense to outsiders 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Many Dinka - the ethnic group of President Kiir - have been killed because of their ethnicity by the largely Nuer rebels too. South Sudanese want peace - and ice cream - BBC News 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Opposition leaders say that Dinka soldiers hunted down and killed hundreds of Nuer civilians in a few days. Riek Machar, South Sudan Opposition Leader, Returns as Part of Peace Deal 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z He said his best friend at university was a Dinka. In South Sudan, City of Hope Is Now City of Fear 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z About 4,500 Dinka had already left the PoC to seek shelter in the city of Malakal, which is currently in government hands. South Sudan allowed soldiers to rape civilians in civil war – UN report 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the violence between the Dinka and Shilluk groups in the U.N. compound in Malakal on Wednesday and Thursday that left 80 people dead and 50 injured. South Sudan peace monitor to propose security arrangements to hurry rebel leader's return 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The two leaders come from the south’s two main ethnic groups, Kiir from the Dinka and Machar from the Nuer, tribes that are themselves split into multiple and sometimes rival clans. Hopes rise for South Sudan peace deal 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z "Even in one community, you will find Nuer are divided, or the Dinka are divided." South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues 2 year on, even after peace treaty 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Much of the bloodshed is due to the bitter, ethnically tinged rivalry between the government, led by members of the Dinka ethnic group, and Mr. Machar’s rebel alliance, made up of mostly Nuer. In South Sudan, City of Hope Is Now City of Fear 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z It began as a political split between the president and his former vice-president, but because one is Dinka and the other is Nuer it quickly divided the country along ethnic grounds. What happened in South Sudan? - BBC News 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z He soon earned a high school diploma, went to college and began serving as a lay pastor, leading worship services in the Dinka language. Sudan refugee ordained as Episcopal deacon in Utah 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Last month, a report from the African Union said that security forces, which are dominated by the Dinkas, had forced Nuers to eat the flesh and drink the blood of dead bodies. South Sudan thought it solved its child soldier problem. It hasn’t. 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The nation’s two largest ethnic groups — the Dinka, aligned with the government; and the Nuer, aligned with the rebels — have been at war since the conflict began. An Island Refuge, Surrounded by Bloody Civil War, in South Sudan 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z But they did — first the Dinkas and then, much more slowly, the Nuer. From Indiana to South Sudan: A proud immigrant’s wrenching journey home 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Sometimes sticks and knives come out as trouble between the Shilluk, Nuer and Dinka flares up in an almost instantaneous echo of the sectarian killing outside. South Sudan: 'a level of human suffering I have never seen anywhere else' 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z So many things, but among them “jungle-dwelling warriors fitted out with pig tusks and nose bones” and “the facial scarring of a Sudanese Dinka.” Discovering the Deep South’s cliches all over again 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The current war has deepened animosity between the Nuer and the Dinka, the country's two biggest ethnic groups. South Sudan: Obstacles to a lasting peace - BBC News 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The two come from South Sudan’s main ethnic groups, the Dinka and Nuer, which have fought over land and resources for years. Obama, in Ethiopia, Addresses South Sudan Conflict 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Then government forces, mostly Dinka, recaptured the city, but the fighting continued for weeks. From Indiana to South Sudan: A proud immigrant’s wrenching journey home 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z For the most part, the camp’s residents exist together in relative peace, the Shilluk in sector one, the Nuer and Dinka in sector two. South Sudan: 'a level of human suffering I have never seen anywhere else' 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Members of the ethnic groups aligned with the rebel movement — the Shilluk and Nuers — sit all day and night eyeing the Dinka suspiciously from a bunker on their side. South Sudan Enemies Find Uneasy Refuge Together at a U.N. Base 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z In 2011, when South Sudan voted to separate from Sudan, the leaders of the new nation’s two largest ethnic groups — the Dinka and the Nuer — joined in forming a government. As South Sudan Crisis Worsens, ‘There Is No More Country’ 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The recent harvest was bad, but Dinka pastoralists don’t care much for farming anyway. Help for the world’s ‘broken places’ 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Ethnicity is only one of the elements of the war, but 12 months of fighting have exacerbated tensions between the country's two biggest ethnic groups, the Nuer and the Dinka, President Kiir's group. What chance of peace in South Sudan? 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Last December young Nuer men stormed a UN base looking for Dinka civilians sheltering inside and killed two Indian peacekeepers. South Sudan food crisis: children bear brunt of man-made disaster 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z He accused the Dinka of stockpiling bombs and other weapons. South Sudan Enemies Find Uneasy Refuge Together at a U.N. Base 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Forces under his command then killed hundreds of Dinka in the town of Bor, setting off an ethnic clash similar, though smaller in scale, to the one playing out today. As South Sudan Crisis Worsens, ‘There Is No More Country’ 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The political power struggle resulted in violent clashes between Dinka and Neur army factions, and the fighting soon spread across the country, leading to widespread ethnic violence. 50,000 Children Face Starvation in South Sudan, Say Relief Agencies And no, I am not happy that the story of the Dinka and other African natives are told with them mute. Nude photographs of the Dinka: art or exploitation? 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z In Akobo, it is the Dinka president who is deeply unpopular. South Sudan food crisis: children bear brunt of man-made disaster 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z The government forces are largely Dinka, and inside the camp, Dinka civilians separate themselves from the rest of the population, gathering across a dirt road and a trench. South Sudan Enemies Find Uneasy Refuge Together at a U.N. Base 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z A school teacher reports that fewer of his male pupils who are Dinka now sport their tribe’s V-shaped cut-marks. Can ethnic differences be overcome? 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The commander used the airwaves to call upon young men to meet at the barracks the following day, to go to Dinka sites, and do what the Dinka had done to their wives. Raped under the noses of UN troops 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z I am also concerned that the “subjects”, the Dinka tribe in this instance, do not share in the profits. Nude photographs of the Dinka: art or exploitation? 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z In predominantly Dinka areas of South Sudan there are similar accounts of brutal treatment at the hands of the Nuers and hostility towards Machar. South Sudan food crisis: children bear brunt of man-made disaster 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Observers said the storming of the United Nations base in April involved Dinka youth, and that Nuer youth participate in the White Army militia, which is involved with the rebels. In South Sudan, a Ghost of Wars Past: Child Soldiers 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The conflict soon took on an ethnic dimension, pitting South Sudan’s two largest groups, the Dinka and the Nuer, against each other. Food Crisis Worsens in South Sudan as Civil War Is Displacing Millions 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z He also urged Dinkas to leave Bentiu or risk being killed. Raped under the noses of UN troops 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z But it seems they are there for rapacious consumption and not really for the ostensible reason of "learning about the Dinka". Nude photographs of the Dinka: art or exploitation? 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z What began as a personal and political struggle between him and President Salva Kiir, who is a Dinka, the country's biggest ethnic group, has now turned into communal bloodletting of Rwanda-like brutality. South Sudan crisis: famine and genocide threaten to engulf nation 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z It soon took on an ethnic dimension, pitting South Sudan’s two largest groups, the Dinka and the Nuer, against each other. In South Sudan, a Ghost of Wars Past: Child Soldiers 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z We met Rebecca in a section of the divided UN compound in Bentiu reserved for ethnic Dinkas and foreigners, and found somewhere quiet and out of sight to speak. Tales of rape and murder in South Sudan's Bentiu 2014-05-08T23:12:30Z Some consider their rivals to be the Dinka community - the largest of many in South Sudan. Raped under the noses of UN troops 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z What is the difference between Hony and the photos of the Dinka? Nude photographs of the Dinka: art or exploitation? 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The conflict soon took on an ethnic dimension between South Sudan’s two largest groups, the Dinka and the Nuer. South Sudan Captures Stronghold of Rebels 2014-05-04T22:39:59Z The two men lead the country's two biggest ethnic groups - the president's Dinka community and Mr Machar's Nuers - the split has sparked a continuous cycle of revenge killings, which is racing out of control. Can South Sudan be saved from self-destruction? 2014-05-01T11:01:11Z The men told her they wanted to get rid of her Dinka baby, but the attack did not cause a miscarriage. Tales of rape and murder in South Sudan's Bentiu 2014-05-08T23:12:30Z The conflict quickly took on an ethnic dimension, leading to attacks and reprisals between South Sudan’s two largest groups, the Dinka and Nuer. South Sudan Releases Four Accused of Plotting Coup 2014-04-25T20:29:19Z The fighting has worsened ethnic tensions between the Dinka and Nuer peoples, sparking a massacre in the oil town of Bentiu. Angry Muslims in Central African Republic call for partition 2014-04-24T18:06:23Z The newly named replacements are Dinka, like the president, she said. U.N. Security Council Expresses ‘Horror’ at South Sudan Massacre 2014-04-24T17:19:40Z A Dinka mob attacked the UN compound in what appears to have been a well-organised attack - 46 people under UN protection died, along with a dozen attackers. Can South Sudan be saved from self-destruction? 2014-05-01T11:01:11Z The UN staff try to bring children from separate Dinka and Nuer sections of the camp to dance together a couple of times a week. Tales of rape and murder in South Sudan's Bentiu 2014-05-08T23:12:30Z The U.N. hasn’t spelled out clearly who exactly the victims were, but it is likely that ethnic Dinkas were among the dead. ‘Piles and Piles’ of Bodies in S. Sudan Slaughter 2014-04-23T08:43:14Z Although both men have prominent supporters from various communities, there have been numerous reports of rebels killing Dinkas and the army targeting Nuers. S Sudan rebels deny slaughter claim 2014-04-22T09:42:12Z The conflict soon took on an ethnic dimension between South Sudan’s two largest groups, the Dinka and Nuer. Ethnic Groups Targeted in South Sudan Killings 2014-04-21T20:05:53Z The Dinkas are the predominant group in the area. South Sudan deploys army to guard U.N. base after attack kills dozens 2014-04-18T13:25:26Z Rebecca says that, as the wife of a Dinka soldier, she was targeted by the rebels. Tales of rape and murder in South Sudan's Bentiu 2014-05-08T23:12:30Z That was followed by reprisal attacks against the Dinka, the country’s largest ethnic group and Mr. Kiir’s community, especially in the city of Bor, the scene of some of the worst fighting. South Sudan’s Forces Clash With Rebels Near U.N. Base 2014-02-19T01:25:38Z South Sudanese children from the Dinka ethnic group pose at a cattle camp in the town of Yirol, in central South Sudan. Week in pictures: 8-14 February 2014 2014-02-14T16:21:28Z Some Dinka soldiers killed civilians who couldn’t identify themselves in the Dinka language, according to U.N. reports. S. Sudan Faces Bigger Obstacle 2014-01-25T04:20:26Z But it's taken on ethnic overtones: The Dinka people of the president pitted against the Nuers of his rival. The aftermath of war in S Sudan town 2014-01-21T00:36:20Z But it's taken on ethnic overtones: the Dinka tribe of the president pitted against the Nuers of his rival. The aftermath of war in S Sudan town 2014-01-21T00:36:20Z One pointed left and said Dinka, the other pointed right and said Nuer. Bentiu tense as South Sudan troops advance 2014-01-09T23:05:52Z It is hard to confirm these reports, but there is a real fear in the camp that Dinka people would be killed if they returned to a rebel-controlled Bor. Finding shelter by the Nile 2014-01-03T13:49:28Z And as it was during the struggle for independence, each side in the current conflict, Dinka and Nuer, has been accused of killing civilians in recent weeks. Old Rivalries Reignited a Fuse in South Sudan 2014-01-01T02:07:58Z What began as a political struggle in the party took on a new dimension as fighting broke out between the two largest ethnic groups in South Sudan, the Dinka and the Nuer. South Sudan Rejects Rebels’ Call for Politicians’ Release 2013-12-28T17:18:47Z The political struggle quickly took on an ethnic dimension, with attacks against civilians and reprisals between the two largest groups, the Dinka and the Nuer. Progress Reported on a South Sudan Peace Accord, but Fighting Continues 2013-12-27T22:56:19Z Many are Dinka, the biggest tribe in South Sudan and the tribe of the president. Bentiu tense as South Sudan troops advance 2014-01-09T23:05:52Z Those who fled the town are predominantly from the Dinka community - the largest in South Sudan and the ethnic group of the president. Finding shelter by the Nile 2014-01-03T13:49:28Z The president is an ethnic Dinka, while his former deputy represents the Nuer tribe. VIDEO: Kenyans flee South Sudan's violence 2013-12-26T16:20:19Z He credited his survival to the fact that he speaks Dinka and did not have any of the markings on his face associated with the Nuer ethnic group. Political Fight in South Sudan Targets Civilians 2013-12-25T16:49:45Z Ms Pillay added: "There is a palpable fear among civilians of both Dinka and Nuer backgrounds that they will be killed on the basis of their ethnicity." 'Mass grave' found in South Sudan 2013-12-24T14:43:57Z Another man in Juba reported that gunmen from the Dinka tribe were shooting people in Nuer districts who did not speak the Dinka language. 'Mass ethnic killings' in S Sudan 2013-12-24T06:26:06Z When the militia arrived in Bor, the Dinka desperately fled across the river. Finding shelter by the Nile 2014-01-03T13:49:28Z The fear is that their personal rivalry will spark a full-scale conflict between the Nuer and Dinka groups. UN warns over South Sudan violations 2013-12-23T19:18:33Z In the town of Akobo, armed Nuer youths overran a United Nations base, killing Dinka civilians who were taking shelter there along with two of the peacekeepers trying to protect them. Political Fight in South Sudan Targets Civilians 2013-12-25T16:49:45Z Violence then broke out in Juba and has since spread across the country, pitting gangs of Nuer and Dinka against each other. S Sudan rebels 'control key state' 2013-12-21T19:17:08Z Another man interviewed at the UN base in Juba reported that gunmen from the Dinka tribe were shooting people in Nuer districts. 'Mass ethnic killings' in S Sudan 2013-12-24T06:26:06Z The president, by contrast, belongs to the majority Dinka ethnic group. Political Strife in South Sudan Sets Off Ethnic Violence 2013-12-21T18:25:34Z Rebels from the second-largest ethnic group, the Nuer, stormed the base on Thursday, targeting civilians of the majority Dinka ethnic community. India peacekeepers killed in S Sudan 2013-12-20T11:29:35Z United Nations officials have said Dinka workers have been killed at oil facilities. Political Fight in South Sudan Targets Civilians 2013-12-25T16:49:45Z Violence then broke out in Juba and has since spread across the country, pitting gangs of Nuer and Dinka against each other and sparking fears of a civil war. South Sudan talks 'productive' 2013-12-21T02:30:06Z Amnesty International said at least 2,000 Dinka were killed, though the real number may have been higher. Tangled web of South Sudan politics 2013-12-19T18:43:19Z Civilians who sought refuge at the base were the target of the attack, he said, adding that those civilians were of the Dinka ethnicity. U.N. says peacekeeping base in South Sudan attacked, deaths reported 2013-12-20T01:20:57Z Haq said it was possible that the civilians were the target of the attack, adding that he understood those civilians were of the Dinka ethnicity. U.N. says peacekeeping base in South Sudan attacked, deaths reported 2013-12-19T21:28:01Z Mr. Kiir is a member of the Dinka ethnic group, the country’s largest. Political Fight in South Sudan Targets Civilians 2013-12-25T16:49:45Z He said the conflict had "the potential of a civil war" between the two main ethnic groups, the Dinka and the Nuer. Fugitive leader denies coup attempt 2013-12-18T09:59:20Z For many Dinka, the attack on Bor brings back horrifying memories. Tangled web of South Sudan politics 2013-12-19T18:43:19Z On Sunday afternoons, Jacob gathered with other South Sudanese immigrants at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church for a service that fluctuated between English and Dinka, often in the same sentence. A Lost Boy Grows Up 2013-12-04T10:00:12Z The Dinka community use cattle urine for a variety of things such as washing, flavouring and preserving milk and dyeing their hair a rusty red... Africa in pictures: 25-31 October 2013 2013-11-01T18:42:25Z Outside the capital, members of Mr. Kiir’s Dinka ethnic group have sought United Nations protection from attacks. Political Fight in South Sudan Targets Civilians 2013-12-25T16:49:45Z The Dinka Ngok's referendum and its result do not concern us. Thousands in contested Abyei vote to join South Sudan, risking tensions 2013-10-31T15:35:33Z Hailing from the Dinka Ngok ethnic group, they are determined to hold an unofficial referendum next week to decide whether the small heart-shaped area should remain in Sudan or join South Sudan. Returning to Sudan's Abyei region to vote for secession 2013-10-22T00:12:36Z Dinka Peiris of the Society of Rugby Football Referees declined to comment but said referees were seeking better control over the conduct of matches. Sri Lanka leader's son in rugby row 2013-05-22T17:20:42Z But they were unable to decide on the ownership of Abyei which both the Dinka tribe, allied to South Sudan, and the Arab Misseriya tribe, allied to Sudan, call their home. Sudanese clash kills Ethiopian peacekeeper, tribal head 2013-05-05T16:54:07Z But they were unable to decide on the ownership of Abyei, which both the Dinka tribe allied to South Sudan and the Arab Misseriya tribe allied to Sudan call their home. Ethiopian peacekeeper killed, two wounded in Sudanese clash 2013-05-05T13:04:45Z But they were unable to decide on the ownership of Abyei, which is inhabited by the Dinka tribe allied to South Sudan and the Misseriya, an Arab tribe following Sudan. Tribal leader killed in Sudan's flashpoint Abyei region 2013-05-04T23:39:48Z Mr Alor says that if the AU does not support a vote, the Dinka Ngok will simply declare their choice of South Sudan and then lobby for international support. Returning to Sudan's Abyei region to vote for secession 2013-10-22T00:12:36Z Up to 300 armed Dinka youth set fire to several buildings in Wau, the main town of South Sudan's Western Bahr El Ghazal state which borders Sudan, according to the United Nations. Thousands fleeing South Sudan clashes seek U.N. refuge 2012-12-20T14:58:31Z Most of the region's permanent settlements are occupied by Ngok Dinka, part of South Sudan's largest tribe. Sending Abyei dispute to U.N. may reignite conflict: Sudan 2012-12-13T09:49:16Z Amum said a comprehensive deal with Sudan would also call for a referendum for the disputed border region of Abyei and the right of return of the Dinka tribe, which is allied to Juba. South Sudan to restart oil wells in September, full output in a year 2012-08-07T17:10:13Z I was born and raised there and my mother is still very strongly connected to the Dinka culture. Alek Wek: 'I'm trying to help with the rebuilding process' 2012-07-28T23:01:02Z This will traverse the nation, picking up new items and at the same time showcasing South Sudan's great variety of ethnic groups - the Dinka, Merle, Nuer, Bari and others. South Sudan's history emerges - from a tent 2012-05-24T11:20:04Z Abyei is contested between the region’s Ngok Dinka people, who are settled in the area and consider themselves southerners, and the Misseriya nomads who are supported by the government in Khartoum. Libyan Arms Smuggled Into Sudan Threaten Renewed Darfur Violence 2011-10-06T19:10:02Z The principal ethnic group in Ramciel is Dinka, who have been among the staunchest backers of independence. Amid Fighting, South Sudan Plans New Capital in Ramciel 2011-09-03T19:01:10Z Within South Sudan itself, the army lacks cohesion and the Dinka ethnic group is criticized by other groups for holding top posts in the government and army. Toll Passes 600 in South Sudan Clashes, U.N. Says 2011-08-22T18:54:07Z His fighters took up arms earlier this year in protest against corruption, mismanagement of oil revenues and what they believe is the domination of the Dinka ethnic group. South Sudan rebels 'cease fire' 2011-08-03T15:30:12Z Although he was not an educated man, he was able to recruit soldiers from the sub-sect of his Nuer ethnic group, which has often been in conflict with South Sudan's biggest group, the Dinka. South Sudan rebel leader killed 2011-07-23T12:23:34Z Of the gods too good and great to need anything, the Ahone of the Red Men in Virginia, or the Dendid of the African Dinkas, is an example. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Sudan’s army seized the main town in the disputed border area of Abyei on May 21, driving more than 100,000 members of the Ngok Dinka ethnic group, who consider themselves southerners, from their homes. South Sudan Gains Independence in Shadow of Conflict, Poverty 2011-07-08T13:03:46Z But many people here fear that after the glow of independence wears off, the Nuer and the Dinka, who fought viciously during the north-south civil war, will become locked in conflict again. South Sudan, the Newest Nation, Is Full of Hope and Problems 2011-07-08T04:26:39Z Southerners, many of whom see holding the plebiscite as a major concession in itself, say Abyei's permanent residents should decide, meaning it would be mostly up to the Dinka. After decades of war, Sudan's Abyei defies quick fixes 2011-06-24T14:07:05Z From between shreds of wooden fence, ethnic Dinka children peer at the strangers. Ethnic Killings by Army Reported in Sudanese Mountains 2011-06-21T03:30:54Z The region is used all year by Dinka Ngok people linked to the south and part of the year by northern Arab Misseriya nomads. Northern Sudan dismisses U.N. call for troops to quit Abyei 2011-06-04T13:56:42Z Most of those fleeing Abyei are from the Dinka Ngok, a southern ethnic group who are the permanent residents of the region. Sudan agrees demilitarised border 2011-05-31T12:56:30Z The government is dominated by the Dinka, the biggest group in southern Sudan, and some of the toughest rebel armies are commanded by members of the Nuer, a historic rival. South Sudan, the Newest Nation, Is Full of Hope and Problems 2011-07-08T04:26:39Z The Dinka Ngok people, part of the south's main ethnic group, live and farm the land all year round. After decades of war, Sudan's Abyei defies quick fixes 2011-06-24T14:07:05Z Most of those fleeing Abyei were from the Dinka Ngok, a southern ethnic group who are the permanent residents of the region. Sudan: '150,000 flee Abyei clash' 2011-05-27T11:25:26Z The region is used all year round by the Dinka Ngok people, who have strong ethnic links to the south, and for part of the year by northern Misseriya nomads. No Abyei war, says south Sudan before independence 2011-05-26T11:54:46Z Further complicating the issue: the area had oil; and at independence in 1956, the Ngok Dinka's headman initially sided with the north, only to later switch allegiance to the south. Abyei Bloodshed: Sudan on the Brink of Civil War 2011-05-23T17:25:22Z There are several prominent Dinka Ngok in both the Sudan People's Liberation Army, which fought for the south's independence, and in the SPLM, its political wing. Trigger for war? 2011-05-23T14:08:31Z The UN said it was investigating the reports, also made by senior paramount chief of the Dinka Ngok, an indigenous southern ethnic group. Near miss for Sudan border bridge 2011-05-20T18:05:28Z A southern ethnic group, the Dinka Ngok, are permanent residents of the region, but the Misseriya spend part of every year in Abyei as they seek green pastures for their cattle. Bashir in Sudan oil state threat 2011-04-28T16:34:37Z It is not improbable that it also prevails in central Africa, as Schweinfurth alludes to the cattle of the Dinkas suffering from a disease of the kind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z First among them: the government's domination by the south's largest tribe, the Dinka. South Sudan: Will Freedom Just Lead to Civil War? 2011-03-28T21:40:00Z Southern Dinka officials have accused Khartoum of sending soldiers and militias to fight alongside the Misseriya to attack villages and clear their populations from the area. Thousands flee Sudan's Abyei flashpoint: aid group 2011-03-04T18:35:01Z An earlier deal over guaranteeing the route stalled when Dinka chiefs declined to talk to a Misseriya delegation, saying it was too junior, other diplomatic sources said. Women flee Sudan's contested Abyei, shots heard: U.N 2011-03-03T22:37:03Z The Ngok Dinka are supported by the southern Sudanese government, and many top southern Sudanese leaders originally hail from the contested region. Fighting Continues Along Contested Sudan Border 2011-03-03T20:18:49Z Sunday's clash came days after a meeting between Dinka and Misseriya leaders over compensation and migration routes ended without agreement, he added. Clashes kill 10 in Sudan's Abyei flashpoint: officials 2011-02-28T08:26:31Z But two miles away, Misseriya militias attack a Ngok Dinka village that day, killing more than 30 members of the tribe—including police officers—before being repelled and losing more than 80 militiamen themselves. George Clooney: 21st-Century Statesman 2011-02-20T05:00:00Z The Dinka and Nuer tribes of southern Sudan are considered among the tallest people in the world. Long Arms Reach for the Rim 2011-02-19T17:09:08Z A common complaint for many is the dominance of the new government and army by the Dinka ethnic group, the largest in the south. Deadly Clashes on South Sudan's Path to Freedom 2011-02-12T05:55:00Z Muslim Dinka Ngok seem just as keen to join the south as the others. Living on the frontline 2011-01-17T15:44:32Z Dinka acappella does not feature on prime-time in the northern capital Khartoum - or did not until the government's belated and- some would say- half-hearted attempt to "make unity attractive". Songs of peace 2011-01-17T14:45:17Z There is talk of the Ngok Dinka declaring an independent association with the south, which could spark a new civil war. George Clooney: 21st-Century Statesman 2011-02-20T05:00:00Z Two rival ethnic groups claim the right to belong here — the Misseriya, who are Arab nomads, and the Ngok Dinka, sub-Saharan cattle herders — and the bitterness between them is long and deep. Roots of Bitterness in a Region Threaten Sudan?s Future 2011-01-15T20:08:13Z The violence is between the Misseriya tribe, which backs the government in the north, and the Ngok Dinka people, who see themselves as southerners. Sudanese Vote as Oil-Rich South Eyes Independence 2011-01-10T10:38:01Z So do the Misseriya, a tribe of cattle herders who have traditionally moved south into Ngok Dinka land during the northern dry season and who want to remain part of Sudan. Can Sudan Split Without Falling Apart? 2010-12-30T16:00:00Z Mr al-Hadi Ahmad gets his Muslim name and Arab features from his father in the northern capital Khartoum - but he grew up with his Dinka mother in the south. Songs of peace 2011-01-17T14:45:17Z Like Mr Garang he is a Dinka, the largest ethnic group in the south. Sudan 2010-12-11T17:43:15Z Decades ago, the Dinka here aligned themselves to the Arab north in the hope that they would be protected from slave raiders and would go to better schools. Roots of Bitterness in a Region Threaten Sudan?s Future 2011-01-15T20:08:13Z The S.P.L.A.’s leadership was dominated by members of the Dinka tribe, the South’s largest, and was faulted for perpetrating the abuse of other southerners. Sudan?s Attention-Grabber 2010-12-02T16:57:00Z This time, say the Ngok Dinka, they will make a final stand as they have no more land to give. Sudan: Can Obama's Peace Proposal Help Prevent Civil War? 2010-11-19T08:45:00Z When the quartet begins to perform, the first song is an example of traditional Dinka call-and-response a cappella. Songs of peace 2011-01-17T14:45:17Z The central territory is used by members of the Dinka Ngok tribe, associated with the south, and Arab Misseriya nomads who regularly drive their livestock through its rich pasture. Head of Sudan's Abyei rejects U.S. compromise call 2010-10-25T10:38:00Z “We are ready to host the Dinka as we did before.” Roots of Bitterness in a Region Threaten Sudan?s Future 2011-01-15T20:08:13Z Soon, though, he started hearing accounts of a rampage by Machar’s new faction on a Dinka area in the Bor region. Sudan?s Attention-Grabber 2010-12-02T16:57:00Z Traditionally this land was shared in peace, permanently inhabited by the Ngok Dinka — ethnically southerners — and seasonally home to the Arab Misseriya nomads, who migrate to the area during the dry months. Sudan: Can Obama's Peace Proposal Help Prevent Civil War? 2010-11-19T08:45:00Z Dinka tribesmen briefly abducted Jande, her family and more than a dozen other women and children in a raid last month that destroyed crops and food stores and killed five men from her Mundari tribe. Special Report: Southern Sudan: oil boom to bust-up? 2010-04-09T05:55:00Z The government is on the side of the Dinka. Guns for peace 2010-04-01T10:10:00Z Out on the front line, in half-deserted villages of crushed mud huts and endless yellow grass, a young Dinka man lounged at a police post, an assault rifle in his hands. Roots of Bitterness in a Region Threaten Sudan?s Future 2011-01-15T20:08:13Z Prendergast headed in that direction and was horrified to find Dinka corpses and torched Dinka villages. Sudan?s Attention-Grabber 2010-12-02T16:57:00Z But years of war have left this symbolic bridge burned beyond repair, and the Ngok Dinka want to make the separation official. Sudan: Can Obama's Peace Proposal Help Prevent Civil War? 2010-11-19T08:45:00Z Patience Fellow Cuban-Juban Deng Aleer-Leek says he may not be grammatically correct, but his Dinka is understandable - though when he first spoke to his mother, she needed assurance it was really him. Cuban-Jubans 2010-03-29T06:44:00Z The people living there are from the Dinka ethnic group. Guns for peace 2010-04-01T10:10:00Z The market was flattened and more than 200 people were killed — Dinka and Misseriya. Roots of Bitterness in a Region Threaten Sudan?s Future 2011-01-15T20:08:13Z There was no immediate information on Dinka casualties. 2010-01-22T17:07:00Z And they have grown used to the attacks of Arab militias, who over the past half-century have steadily driven the Ngok Dinka southward from the oil fields. Sudan: Can Obama's Peace Proposal Help Prevent Civil War? 2010-11-19T08:45:00Z News reports from Sudan said that the attackers were Nuer, while the victims were mostly Dinka, another ethnic group. 2010-01-08T07:27:00Z One view is that it is a struggle for power within South Sudan: The Dinka are the largest ethnic group in the south. Guns for peace 2010-04-01T10:10:00Z Lupton, who at that time was thoroughly exhausted by his constant warfare against the Dinkas, had therefore no alternative but to submit, which he did on the 28th of April, 1884. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The Dinka came, in 1899, under the control of the Sudan government, justice being administered as far as possible in accord with tribal custom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Nell was delighted greatly with this gift as it appeared that the slave was a young Dinka girl with pleasant features and a sweet facial expression. In Desert and Wilderness Notwithstanding that certain instances may be alleged which seem to demonstrate that the character of the Dinka is unfeeling, these cases never refer to such as are bound by the ties of kindred. General Gordon A Christian Hero Some from other groups say the Dinka dominate the region's government. Guns for peace 2010-04-01T10:10:00Z The Khalifa has also his special barber, who is a slave; and his master of the horse, who is an immensely tall Dinka. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The Dinkas reverence the cow, and snakes, which they call “brothers.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Schweinfurth1632 rates the Dinka above Turks and Arabs in respect to table manners and decorum of eating. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The gratitude shown by the blacks was boundless, and one, a chief of the Dinkas, proved useful to him in many ways. The Red Book of Heroes And the government is on the side of the Dinka. Guns for peace 2010-04-01T10:10:00Z I am tempted to buy Yussuf’s nice little Dinka girl to replace him, only a girl is such an impossibility where there is no regular hareem. Letters from Egypt He spoke in the Dinka language and the soldier replied in the same tongue. The Summons Some women of the Dinka carry fifty pounds of iron. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals In a forest higher up they found a tribe, the Dinkas, dressed in necklaces. The Red Book of Heroes The Sudan was soon aflame, and the able mulatto general, Osman Digna, aided by revolt among the heathen Dinka, drove Egypt and England out of the Sudan for sixteen years. The Negro The godless Dinkas have 'a good deity and heaven-dwelling creator,' carefully recorded years before Sir Samuel's 'rash denial.' The Making of Religion Dinkas, an African pastoral people occupying a flat country traversed by the White Nile; of good stature, clean habits; of semi-civilised manners, and ferocious in war. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Schweinfurth says that "according to the custom, which seems to belong to all Africa, as a sign of grief the Dinka wear a cord round the neck." Primitive Love and Love-Stories In the northern zone this check is absent, and the number of more essentially pastoral peoples, such as the eastern Hamites, Masai, Dinka, Fula, &c., correspondingly greater. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 At last the British officer was compelled to declare that if any more patrols were sent into the Dinka country, he would not allow them to return to the French post. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Mr. Spencer does not give the ideas of the Dinkas, but it is not easy to see how the too beneficent Dendid could be evolved out of ghost-propitiation, 'the origin of all religions.' The Making of Religion Saw many hippopotami; the small hill in the Dinka country seen from the masthead at 9.15 A.M.; breeze light, but steady; the banks of the river, high grass and mimosas, but not forest as formerly. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Amongst the Dinkas, a pastoral people of the White Nile, each family possesses a sacred cow. The Golden Bough This had formerly been the Dinka country, but it had been quite depopulated by razzias made for slaves by the former and present governors of Fashoda. Ismailia The Dinkas and Shillooks had on the first arrival of the French made submission, and had supplied them with provisions. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Have they a tittle of positive evidence that early Israel was benighted beyond the darkness of Bushmen, Andamanese, Pawnees, Blackfeet, Hurons, Indians of British Guiana, Dinkas, Negroes, and so forth? The Making of Religion The Dinka god, Dendid, is omnipotent, but so benevolent that he is not addressed in prayer, nor propitiated by sacrifice. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Among the Agar Dinka a large grave is dug and the rain-maker lies down in it, surrounded by his friends and relatives. The Golden Bough The result was almost the extermination of the Dinka tribe. Ismailia However, when they reached the banks of the Dinka, just before Birskoe, they stopped for a while. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar The Dinkas have a strange old chant: 'At the beginning, when Dendid made all things, He created the Sun, And the Sun is born, and dies, and comes again! The Making of Religion Among these are the Dinkas of the Upper Nile, with their neighbours, whose creed Russegger compares to that of modern Deists in Europe. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 The Dinka are a congeries of independent tribes in the valley of the White Nile. The Golden Bough The Dinka country on the east bank would have been of equal value, but, as I have already described, it has been depopulated. Ismailia It was evidently a detachment of horse advancing towards the Dinka. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar Suggestions about an ancient Egyptian influence are made, but popular Egyptian religion was not monotheistic, and priestly thought could scarcely influence the ancestors of the Dinkas. The Making of Religion The Dinkas, for instance, are a rather intelligent well-grown people inhabiting the upper reaches of the Nile in the vicinity of the great swamps. Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Such, with minor variations, appears to be the regular end of the honourable career of a rain-maker in all the Dinka tribes. The Golden Bough Beyond the true eastern shore, the Dinka are said to be settled in extensive villages, and at that time still furnished an inexhaustible supply of slaves to the marauding expeditions of the garrison of Fashoda. Ismailia He had not now to trouble himself about crossing the Dinka. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar I would rather have crossed the Dinka," replied Michael, "I should like to put that between us and the Emir's advance-guard. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar Elisee Reclus assures us that the Dinka man on the Nile calls to certain snakes by name and shares with them the milk of his cows. Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning They had been cut off, as had been Michael, before being able even to reach the Dinka, and had been obliged to go back to Lake Baikal. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar The men of Shooli and Fatiko are the best proportioned that I have seen; without the extreme height of the Shillooks or Dinkas, they are muscular and well knit, and generally their faces are handsome. Ismailia Two or three versts further the Dinka flowed across the Irkutsk road. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar |
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