[2][3] A study of Ayod village in December 1994 examined 759 people and found that 156, or 20.6%, had Guinea worm lesions.

This was caused by a combination of lack of rain, increasing numbers of returnees and failure by the authorities to repair over 10 boreholes.

[7] In February 2011 there were clashes in Ayod County between Sudan People's Liberation Army troops and armed supporters of General George Athor Deng Dut.

[8] In May 2011 unidentified men raided Kuanydeng village in the Ayod South area, stealing a large herd of cattle.

The attack followed a much larger raid the month before by Nuer Lou on Murle in Pibor County in which over 400 people died.