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4 unusual facts about Mayom County


Mayom

Mayom County, an administrative region in Unity State, South Sudan

Mayom County

During the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005) many residents of Mayom County had obtained AK-47 automatic rifles, hand grenades and other type of small-arms.

He noted however that there was a risk of violence spilling over from Warrap State to the east, which had not yet disarmed.

When he refused, on 30 June 2011 the state governor Taban Deng Gai gave him the sack.



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