Abel Alier

Biography:

Abel Alier Kwai is a South Sudanese politician who was in his 70s in 2007. After Sudan gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1956 Southern Sudan was not left as an independent state. This led to a deadly war a year before the independence. A party in the war was Anyanya 1 Under Joseph Lagu. Abel Alier was a politician who managed to complete his college education among many Southern Sudanese.