Qualla: Upper Nile University https://qualla.com/upper-nile-university en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Upper Nile University https://qualla.com/upper-nile-university Upper Nile University: Introduction https://qualla.com/upper-nile-university/ Universities are fragile things. They need electricity, books, professors willing to show up, students willing to stay. Upper Nile University opened in February 1991 on the west bank of the White Nile in Malakal, a town surrounded by wetlands and civil war. Within a few years its faculties had to be evacuated to Khartoum for the safety of its staff, students, and infrastructure. Following South Sudan's independence in July 2011, the university began the slow work of bringing itself home.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/9/w/w/upper-nile-university-wp/s9ww-upper-nile-university-one-of-five.mp3 0:06 4 full Upper Nile University: Coming Home https://qualla.com/upper-nile-university/ After 2011, when South Sudan voted itself into existence, Upper Nile University began consolidating its scattered faculties back to Malakal. The process has not been smooth. South Sudan's civil war, which began in December 2013, repeatedly swept through Malakal and damaged the ph...

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