JUBA – A member of South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly has raised concern about Google’s positioning of River Kiir inside Sudan’s Eastern Darfur instead of Northern Bahr El Ghazal.
According to Google map, River Kiir, which flows from Aweil North to Abyei Administrative, currently appears located deep inside Sudan’s side of the border and is named Bahr El Arab.
But lawmaker Gabriel Guot said during a parliamentary session on Monday that the region is an undisputed part of South Sudan and the very location where he was born.
“River Kiir is a river that runs north of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state and specifically in Aweil North County. There has been no any dispute on this place for centuries,” Guot said.
I want to say that when you google and find our river Keel, you will get that it is an eastern Darfur and not in South Sudan because that part is an international border.”
“It is not a provincial or a district border as it was. It is a concern of the Republic of South Sudan. It’s not only for northern Barzali. It’s what I want to do. So if it is eastern Darfur, maybe I am from eastern Darfur now.”
He calls on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to provide clarification on the issue.