Security

By Radio Tamazuj Kajo-Keji County Commissioner Luka Yombe said that the commissioner of Kangapo County and three of his security guards and a car driver were abducted by gunmen allied to SPLA-IO troops in Yei…

The armed opposition in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria State claim their forces attacked government forces in Ayachi County on Wednesday morning. According to opposition spokesman Col. Odwar Paulo Opwaki, 28 government troops died in the…

More than 3,000 displaced households have returned to their houses in Kajokeji area in South Sudan’s Yei River State after fleeing to refugee camps in northern Uganda due to shortages of food and water, a…

The United Nations says that “large numbers” of South Sudanese militia have moved into the Equatoria region to support a planned military offensive. President Salva Kiir announced recently his support for ethnic-based recruitment in the…

Government and rebel forces in and around South Sudan’s southern town of Yei have committed serious abuses against civilians in recent months, the monitoring group Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Government…

Jerman Charles, former commissioner of Torit County in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria State has admitted that there are security challenges and economic crisis facing local residents in Torit and other areas in the state. In…

Nearly 4,000 people who fled their houses following a “house to house” massacre by government forces at Kalipapa village in Kwerijik Bungu Payam are expected to be relocated to Juba, a religious leader said. In…

By Radio Tamazuj: The SPLA-IO faction allied to former vice president Riek Machar says that it has withdrawn from Morobo and Kaya areas in South Sudan’s Yei River State, after attempting to take the two…

By Radio Tamazuj: South Sudanese rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar announced that they captured Morobo town in Yei River State on Thursday. Kiri Bennett, military spokesman of the SPLA-IO forces in Central…