Boma County News Today

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Youths attacked a village in eastern South Sudan and shot dead at least 12 people while 15 children are missing, officials said on Tuesday, as local conflicts continued to increase ahead of... -April 02, 2024 at 06:36 am EDT - MarketScreener

Youths have attacked a village in eastern South Sudan and shot dead at least 12 people while 15 children are missing, officials say.

13 people are reported dead in Boma of Pibor Administrative Area, after drinking from a river alleged to have been poisoned with toxic chemicals from an Ethiopian goldmine.

The Toposa, Murle, Jie, and Kachipo communities signed an agreement that sets punitive measures against those who kill, steal and abduct children in parts of Eastern Equatoria State and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA), in a bid to promote peaceful coexistence.

The Late Sultan Ismail Konyi, former Boma State Governor Sultan Ismail Konyi, the former governor of the now-defunct Boma State and a prominent Murle chief died early this morning in Juba after a long illness.   Lokali Amae, a Member of Parliament representing Boma County, told Radio Tamazuj earlier today that Sultan Ismail Kony has been sick for some time and had earlier this year sought medical treatment in Khartoum, Sudan. “In the recent past we took him to Khartoum for treatment and he ...