Nzara, South Sudan

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Nzara
Nzara
Location in South Sudan
Coordinates: 4°38′49″N 28°15′29″E / 4.647°N 28.258°E / 4.647; 28.258Coordinates: 4°38′49″N 28°15′29″E / 4.647°N 28.258°E / 4.647; 28.258
Country  South Sudan
State Western Equatoria State
County Nzara

Nzara is a town in South Sudan. It lies 15 miles to the northwest of Yambio by road.

Nzara was the industrial center of the Zande Scheme during the Anglo-Egyptian colonial period.[1] The Government of South Sudan has since 2006 intended to revive the agro-industrial complex.[2]

Military Base

Nzara served as the operational headquarters of the 4th Division of the UPDF, the Ugandan contingent in Operation Rudia II, part of the regional campaign military against the Lord's Resistance Army.[3] After the LRA defeat at Camp Swahili the UPDF ceded overall control of the operation to the FARDC and moved the bulk of its forces to Nzara in March 2009.[4] About 2000 UPDF troops remained in the DRC, north of Faradge, and Nzara-based attack helicopters supported them in engagements against increasingly concentrated LRA forces.[4] When LRA Major General Caesar Acellam was captured in May 2012 he was flown from Djema, Central African Republic to Nzara where he gave a televised interview.[5]

Nzara now houses one of four “Combined Operations Fusion Centers,” or COFCs, in which intelligence and operations are coordinated among the anti-LRA coalition.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Hance, William A (Apr 1955). "The Zande Scheme in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan". Economic Geography 31 (2): 149–156. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ Embassy Khartoum. "Goss Trade Ministry To Develop Private Sector". US Department of State. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ Embassy Kampala (15 Jun 2009). "Uganda/drc: Operation Rudia II Update". US Department of State. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Embassy Kampala (15 Apr 2009). "Uganda/DRC: Operation Rudia II Update". US Department of State. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 
  5. ↑ Delany, Max (13 May 2012). "Uganda captures high-ranking Lord's Resistance Army member". AFP. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 
  6. ↑ Agger, Kasper (May 2012). "Mission in the Balance". Retrieved 15 August 2013. 

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