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Authorities of South Sudan's Unity State say that unknown gunmen shot and killed a Ugandan trader in a road ambush in Mayom County on Tuesday.

Authorities in Mayom County of SouthSudan's Unity State have confirmed that at least three people were killed and 12 others wounded in inter-communal clashes on Wednesday.

Calm returns to Mayom after 7 killed, over 100 cattle stolen Authorities in Mayom County of South Sudan’s Unity State say the security situation had returned to normalcy after seven bodyguards of Mayom county commissioner were killed in an ambush on Sunday. James Chuol Gatluak, Mayom county commissioner, told Radio Tamazuj on Monday that his bodyguards were sent to recover over 100 stolen cattle by armed youth from neighboring Warrap State.  “My seven bodyguards were killed and three others sustained serious injuries and were admitted at the state hospital. Nobody was killed or wounded f...

Discharged ex-SSPDF Gen. Stephen Buay joins Gen. Malong’s SSUF General Stephen Buay Rolnyang, who was in August 2019 stripped of his rank and discharged from the South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF), on Monday declared that he had joined Gen. Paul Malong’s South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUF/A). The litany of reasons he gave for joining SSUF ranged from an attack on a cattle camp in his village to the usurpation of power in Juba by the Sudanese National Congress Party (NCP), poor welfare of SSPDF soldiers, tribalism, and corruption among others.  “This is to inform all the peop...

Deadly Mayom attack leaves 18 dead, 27 injured At least 18 people were killed and 27 others sustained gunshot wounds when an armed youth group attacked Mayom County in Unity State on Sunday morning.  “The incident occurred at 3 am. Cattle camp belonging to a spiritual leader called Garang Mut Tura in the Bouding area of Mayom County, killing 18 people on the spot, including six women and girls. 27 people, including 12 children were injured while 429 cows were raided,” Stephen Salaam Maluit, the state advisor on peace and security told Radio Tamazuj this afternoon.  He added, “the atta...