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Lainya commissioner condemns killing of 3 civilians Authorities in Lainya County of Central Equatoria State have condemned the killing of three civilians by suspected armed Mundari cattle herders in Kenyi and Wuji Payams last weekend.  Lainya County commissioner Emmanuel Khamis Richard said that two civilians in Loka Boma of Kenyi Payam and another one in Limuro Boma of Wuji Payam and several others were injured in the two incidents. Khamis said the cattle keepers are violating recent peace re...

Ugandan truckers strike, demand security to enter South Sudan Ugandan truck drivers destined for South Sudan have parked their trucks at the Elegu border town in protest of the recent highway killings, as they demanded security guarantees from the South Sudanese government. This followed shortly after South Sudanese authorities handed over the bodies of four Ugandan drivers who were killed in Lainya County along the Yei-Juba road last week. In another incident, two people were killed and trucks...

Ugandan parliament demands travel advisory over South Sudan killings The Ugandan Parliament on Wednesday asked the government to consider issuing a travel advisory to Ugandans intending to travel to South Sudan following the killing of nine Ugandan drivers, Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper reported yesterday.  This would guarantee the safety of Ugandans considering travel to South Sudan so that they can make informed decisions about their journeys, according to lawmakers. “See whether it ...

Central Equatoria citizens demand services as new govt is sworn in Citizens of Central Equatoria State said that there should not be room for laxity in the new state government, saying service delivery should be prioritized. The citizens spoke to Radio Tamazuj shortly after the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed state government officials in Juba on Wednesday. The officials include advisors, cabinet ministers, county commissioners and members of the independent commissions. The reconst...

English Infographic on South Sudan and 5 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Health, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 12 Feb 2021 by OCHA

Over 200 stolen cattle returned to owners in Lainya A fact-finding committee tasked to resolve the conflict between cattle herders and farmers in Lainya County said it had recovered over 200 heads of cattle from the herders last week. The committee said the recovered cattle were handed over to the chiefs and owners on Friday. Aggrey Cyrus, the chairperson of the committee told Radio Tamazuj that the Pojulu and Mundari communities agreed to return stolen cattle to pave way for peaceful co-existe...

South Sudan: Humanitarian Snapshot (December 2020) Format People continued to reel from the impacts of flooding which affected over 1 million people in 2020. Physical access to the hardest-hit Jonglei and Greater Pibor Administrative Area remained challenging, deepening people’s vulnerabilities. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report estimated that 5.8 million people, almost half of the population, were likely to face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse acute food ins...

Lainya: Gumbiri Radio resumes operations Gumbiri Community Radio station, 102.6 FM, in Lainya County of Central Equatoria State has resumed broadcasts after being off-air for more than two months. The station’s program manager, Levi Lucky Joseph, told Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday that the radio’s transmission system and lack of sufficient electricity hamper the station’s operation. According to Lucky, although the transmitter is temporally fixed, inadequate power supply, lack of staff train...

SSPDF soldiers set men on fire in Loka: Archbishop File photo Dr. Paul Pitiya Benjamin Yugusuk, the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Archbishop of the Central Equatoria Internal Province said three SSPDF soldiers forced Christians to drink alcohol, looted civilians, and forced five men into a hut before setting it on fire in Lainya County on Christmas Eve.  “I regret to inform all the Christians and the leadership of the church that members of our churches in Loka West have been attacked by ...

5 children reunited with families in Yei At least five children have been reunited with their family members in Yei River County of Central Equatoria State after being separated while fleeing violence in Mukaya Payam of Lainya County last year. The children between nine and 17 years of age were traced and reunited by a local child protection NGO, Institute for Promotion of Civil Society (IPCS) with assistance from the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) last week. Paul Ohisa, projec...