Meanings of cattle raiding in English

Pibor is home to the rival Murle people, who are blamed for cattle raiding.

Deadly tribal clashes are frequent -mostly over cattle raiding.

With a drought damaging crops and grazing land, tit-for-tat cattle raiding looks set to continue.

The two groups have a long and bloody history of tit-for-tat cattle raiding, he said.

The bloodshed followed years of escalating cattle raiding.

The Dinka and Lou Nuer tribes are major southern pastoralist groups with a long history of inter-tribal cattle raiding.

Ethnic fighting has plagued the south for years, often sparked by deadly cycles of cattle raiding and revenge attacks.

Ethnic fighting, often sparked by deadly cycles of cattle raiding and revenge attacks, has plagued the south for years.

The Lou Nuer say the incidents were retaliation for large-scale cattle raiding and attacks on Lou Nuer villages in January.

Fighters from the Lou Nuer group are pursuing members of the Murle community as a deadly vendetta over cattle raiding continues.

Analysts fear tribal violence over cattle raiding or ethnic rivalries could stabilise a newly independent south Sudan, spilling over into the region.

Lou Nuer say this was in retaliation for large-scale cattle raiding and attacks on 12 Lou Nuer villages by Murle in January.

The lady is the bravest I have ever met, for she screamed not once; and the thanes are no bad judges of cattle raiding.

Now," he went on, as they rode off in a body, "we will do a little cattle raiding on our own account.

Nyuot said that Murle cattle raiding attacks on Lou Nuer villages had also killed at least four children and injured dozens of people this week.

The killings are the latest chapter in a chain of revenge attacks, cattle raiding, and child abduction between the Murle and the Dinka Bor tribe.