Leer, Duar, Koch, Boaw and Nhialdiu

(Early) July 1999
Rebel offensive re-taking the villages of Leer, Duar, Koch, Boaw and Nhialdiu. This is part of a major SSDF offensive designed to regain territory lost to Matiep and GOS.
Perpetrator: SSDF
Reference: HRW 2003: 232-3; SSDF officer, interview, August 3, 1999. U.N. OLS (Southern Sector) received reports of fighting on July 5 in the Duar, Koch, and Leer areas. U.N. OLS (Southern Sector), “Weekly Report: July 5-11, 1999,” Nairobi, July 11, 1999; “Fighting Resumes Near Southern Sudan Oilfields,” AFP, Khartoum, July 6, 1999; Alfred Taban, “Pro-government groups fight in south Sudan,” Reuters, Khartoum, July 6, 1999; U.N. OLS (Northern Sector), “Weekly Report: July 14, 1999,” Khartoum, July 14, 1999); Aktbilaga 60, p 93