Archer travelled overland from Uganda to Sudan to take up his new appointment, walking from Nimule to Rejaf and then travelling by steamer down the Bahr al Jabal to Khartoum.
Pabbo is situated on the main highway (A-104) between Gulu and the border with Southern Sudan at Nimule.
The Albert Nile - The river exits Lake Albert just south of the town, and winds its way towards Uganda's border with South Sudan at Nimule
Lugard II operated on the Albert Nile between Pakwach and the border town of Nimule in Sudan.
The river continues north to Nimule, where it enters South Sudan and becomes known as the Bahr al Jabal ('Sea of the Mountain', possibly from Nahr al Jabal, 'River of the Mountain').
Nimule |
Aswa lies about 18 km north of Nimule on the eastern banks of the Aswa River, roughly six km east from that river's confluence with the White Nile.
In May 2011 Dinka Bor cattle herders trespassed into the Nimule and Mugali areas of the Madi people in Magwi County of Eastern Equatoria State, causing massive crop damage.