During the advent of SPLM/A struggles and in 1989, the Didinga SPLA Commander the late Lincoln Loki Lokoro, husband to Hon.

Lucy Yaya mobilized the soldiers and local communities to open up a footpath that passed from Himan(New Cush) to Nadapal.

However, Commander Lincoln Loki Lokoro has to apply a bit of militaristic force on the soldiers to finish up the road.

[4] These are the mountains where John Garang de Mabior, founder and wartime leader of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) died in a helicopter accident in 2005.

[6] In March 1993 Moli Tokoro and Borongoli camps were evacuated for Natinga after the National Islamic Front had made advances in the south.

[8] In 2000 the Sudanese NGO JARRAD was given help by USAID in an effort to airlift an estimated 4,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) from the camps of Natinga, Narus and Himan (New Cush), returning them to their home areas in Bor County.

However, a 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) long airstrip was built to the east of Natinga, and eventually 2,086 IDPs were airlifted.