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Shilluk

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Shil·luk  (sh-lk)
n. pl. Shilluk or Shil·luks
1. A member of a people inhabiting the western bank of the Nile River in southern Sudan.
2. The Nilotic language of the Shilluk.
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By James Okuk November 15, 2009 -- A Dinka reporter in Bor town wrote this misleading statement: "Group of armed men reportedly identified as members of Shilluk tribe from Upper Nile State attacked a Dinka village of Pigi county in the extreme east of Malakal town on Wednesday on the other side of Jonglei.
Pigi belongs to Shilluk in Upper Nile not Dinka of Jonglei by Sudan Tribune (Sudan)
Gunmen from the Shilluk ethnic group attacked the rival Dinka settlement of Pige in the northern Jonglei region early on Wednesday, Major General Kuol Diem Kuol, of the southern Sudan People?
Eleven killed in south Sudan clash: military by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Soon after, South Sudan's army accused Akol of arming fighters from his Shilluk tribe involved in another attack -- an accusation he also denied.
Tribal killings evoke dark memories in South Sudan by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
 
 
 
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