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Former SPLM official detained in Tonj State for meeting Machar

On 12.11.2016. Tonj. Former SPLM official detained in Tonj State for meeting Machar.A former senior SPLM official in Tonj State has been detained for about three months allegedly for meeting former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar in the capital Juba in April. Speaking ...

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Armed men attacked Village in Bongo Kworjik

On 31.10.2016.Juba. Village of Kworijik Bungu which is inhabited by members of the Bari community located 35 miles from Juba along the Juba-Yei road was terribly attacked by Juba armed elements. The area historically did not experience any sort of confrontation between armed groups nor there any pre ...

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SPLA IG forces detained Catholic priest

On 2.11.2016.Magwi.SPLA in government force deployed in Pageri, Magwi county, Eastern Equatoria state on Sunday, 30 October 2016, have detained two Roman Catholic priests, Fathers Aventore Opi and Sisto Ojja, the Roman Catholic priests are both from Ma’di ethnic group, priest of Apostle. The p ...

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At least 290 civilians have been forcefully recruited by government forces

On 3.11.2016. Mayom. At least 290 civilians have been forcefully recruited by government forces in a four days exercise carried out in South Sudan’s Mayom county multiple sources and eyewitnesses told Sudan Tribune in series of interviews.Those who carried out the recruitment r ...

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Rampaging government troops kill 10 villagers near Juba

South Sudanese government troops killed ten civilians including women and children in a “house to house” massacre at a village near the capital Juba on Monday evening.The rampage took place at Kalipapa village in Kwerijik Bungu Payam located about 38 miles west of the capital Juba. After ...

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Gunmen shot randomly at civilians in Bagari

On 27. 10.2016. WAU. Eye witnesses say that the unknown men were approximately ten in number and were shooting randomly at civilians at Bagari Jedid. It is still unclear what the motive of the group was. However, the Mayor said the committee which is headed by the State government Security Advi ...

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Gunmen in Juba went shooting randomly in a bar

On 27.10.2016. Juba. A gunman in Juba yesterday evening went on randomly shooting near a bar in Hai Thoura leaving many people injured during the shootout. According to some eyewitnesses, the gunman was confirmed to be wearing a police uniform and came and started opening fire at people. T ...

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At least four people were killed and six others injured in an attack

On 22.10.2016. Kepoeta . At least four people were killed and six others injured in an attack on Nauru County by a group of cattle raiders on Saturday, a local official told Radio Tamazuj. Josephine Nakuro, Information Minister in Namurunyang State said that about four people were killed a ...

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4 displaced people including a woman were injured in shelling on Wau Shilluk area,

On 15.10.2016. Malakal. At least four displaced people including a woman were injured in shelling on Wau Shilluk area, which lies on the west bank territory of Upper Nile State following clashes between government forces and Aguelek fighters near Malakal town on Friday, a local NGO direct ...

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Armed oppistion in Western Bahr el Ghazal accused government of killing civilians

On 16.10.2016. Wau. South Sudan’s opposition faction in Western Bahr al Ghazal State has accused government troops of targeted killings of nine civilians including four women in separate incidents in Wau town. Col. Nicola Gabriel Adam, spokesperson of the SPLA-IO in Wau, ...