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3 arrested for death of SSPDF soldier along Juba-Nimule highway
Three suspects were on Monday arrested in connection with the killing of a South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) soldier at Achwa Bridge along the Juba-Nimule highway.
On Sunday, Sergeant Taban Erneo, an SSPDF soldier belonging to the Wounded Heroes Unit who was engaged in burning charcoal in the Achwa area was shot dead in Eastern Equatoria State.
Captain David Kasmiro, the acting inspector of police in Nimule Town Council said that some arrests have been made.
“Yesterday (Sunday) there was a person who was shot dead in Achwa, he belonged to the SSPDF unit of wounded heroes. He was shot dead by an unknown person but now we are going to bring his body shortly. We got a mobile phone near him but it did not belong to him. It is for somebody, we are still investigating and there are three suspects we have arrested including eyewitnesses,” Captain Kasmiro said.
South Sudan: Humanitarian Snapshot (December 2020)
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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 insecurity in December, an increase by over 1 million from the same time last year. This included about 11,000 people likely to be in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) acute food insecurity in Pibor County. Food prices remained high. Sub-national violence and insecurity continued to uproot people. Some 25,000 people fled to Juba due to sub-national violence in Terekeka County, Central Equatoria. In Lainya County, Central Equatoria, some 3,500 people were displaced after the South Sudan People s Defence
UN: Grave violations against children decline, more needs to be done
A new report by the United Nations states that since the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) in September 2018, there has been a significant decrease of violations against children.
However, the report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in South Sudan released yesterday covering a period of nearly two years (July 2018 – June 2020), cautions that more needs to be done for the protection of children affected by the ongoing conflict.
The report also verified more than 700 grave violations against children across the country, with Central Equatoria state being the most affected region. The violations are attributed to the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO) and government security forces, including the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF).
Uganda hands over captured SSPDF soldiers, civilians to South Sudan
Photo: SSPDF deputy spokesman Brigadier Santo Domic
The Uganda People s Defence Force (UPDF) this week handed over 15 South Sudanese captives, some of whom, had been in detention for months in Uganda, back to South Sudanese authorities.
The Ugandan Ministry of Defence and UPDF spokesperson, Brigadier Flavia Byekwaso, told Radio Tamazuj that they handed over to South Sudanese authorities, thirteen South Sudanese civilians, and two SSPDF soldiers.
“Thirteen South Sudanese were handed back to the South Sudan government by UPDF and these were captured on 18th December 2020 when they illegally crossed into Ugandan territory,” Brig. Byekwaso said. “Along with these people, there were also two SSPDF soldiers that were handed back. The two soldiers had been apprehended on 27th October 2020. They were also handed back to the government of South Sudan.”