WBG revenue director whereabouts unknown after assuming office, family says
The newly appointed Western Bahr el Ghazal state revenue director has been missing since Wednesday in Wau town, the family has announced.
According to the family, Cicinato Zachariah Abdullah was appointed on 31st December 2020 by the governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal Sarah Cleto as the State Director of Revenue Authority before his disappearance.
Nelson Cicinato, Zacharia s son told Radio Tamazuj on Saturday that his father has not returned home since he assumed office on 6th of January 2021.
“Since my father went to his office to assume his work on 6th January 2021, he didn’t return home,” Nelson said. “When I went to his office and tried to enter at around 8:00 PM on the same day, I was detained shortly by the security and later released. I was asked to go home and return in the morning. When I returned to the office on 7th, I was told by the same security personnel that my father went to Jub
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YEI, SOUTH SUDAN - With an eye toward ending intercommunal violence that killed dozens of people last month in Central Equatoria state, South Sudanese religious leaders and civil society activists have organized direct peace and reconciliation talks between various communities.
Some meetings already have taken place in rural villages of Terekeka County and included chiefs, women, youth, farmers, and cattle camp leaders.
Paul Ygugusuk, archbishop of the Central Equatoria province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, blames a lack of clear laws on the movement of cattle and justice for victims of cattle raids for the increased violence in certain areas, particularly in Terekeka and Lainya counties.
File photo: Presidential adviser on security affairs Tut Gatluak
Nine hotels in Juba have given the South Sudanese government five days to clear accumulated accommodation arrears amounting to a staggering 10 million United States dollars.
There are more than 300 peace delegates, comprising Ministers, Members of Parliaments and Military Generals and other officials from various parties to the revitalized peace agreement, who are being accommodated in different hotels in Juba city.
In a letter written and addressed to Tut Gatluak Manime, the chairperson of the National Transitional Committee (NTC) yesterday, the nine hotels said they have not been paid since 2019.
“Dear client, in reference to our final notice letters dated November 2nd, 2020 and November 3rd, 2020 respectively regarding hotel’s arrears, it is very clear that our hotels/apartments’ offices had informed your office of the Chairperson of National Transitional Committee (NTC) and/or Presidential Advisor For
Kiir directs security apparatus to end armed conflicts, road ambushes
South Sudan’s National Security Committee held a meeting in Juba yesterday, Tuesday, and discussed the rampant road ambushes, attacks, and inter-communal fighting in different parts of the country.
Speaking to the press after the meeting, the presidential adviser for national security affairs, Tut Gatluak Manime, said the security sector has been directed by the president to immediately put a halt to road ambushes, cattle raids, and intercommunal clashes in the country.
“We met with the minister of interior and directed the security organs to carry out inspection visits to the areas where there are conflicts and move cattle away from in and around Juba city. Also, they have been directed to make sure that our roads are secure by deploying troops along the roads to ensure full protection of all people,” Gatluak said.
Kiir appoints deputy governors for six states
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday night appointed deputy governors for six states, after wider consultations with parties.
He, however, did not appoint deputy governors for three states – Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap and Central Equatoria states.
Today afternoon, Presidential Adviser for National Security Affair Tut Gatluak, an ally of President Kiir, said the Other Political Parties (OPP) – a party to the peace deal – did not agree on allocations of positions of three deputy governors.
He further said government structures in Upper Nile State will be established after the conduct of a general conference involving sons and daughters of the state.