Violent Conflict between Communities

Revenge attack leaves 2 dead in Yirol

At least two people have reportedly been killed in a suspected revenge attack in Yirol County, Lakes State. The incident, which happened on Sunday, left four others wounded. The victims have not been named. According to Abraham Nyuon, executive director of the defunct Eastern Lakes, the fighting was ...

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Kiir's relative opens fire on civilians in Juba, kills 5 persons

At least five people were killed in Juba when a gunman identified as a distance relative of President Salva Kiir opened fire on civilians. The suspect, Lual Akook Wol Kiir shot at civilians on Wednesday morning in the Sherikat neighbourhood. The presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said in a state ...

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23 killed in communal violence in Western Lakes

At least 23 people were killed in tit-for-tat clashes between two communities in South Sudan’s Western Lakes State on Wednesday, the police said. Capt. Elijah Mabor Makuac, a police spokesperson in the state, told Radio Tamazuj this morning that preliminary reports said 23 people were kil ...

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7 killed, 4 injured in Jonglei cattle raids

At least seven people were killed and four others injured in separate cattle raids in parts of Jonglei State since Friday last week, a local official said. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, Jwac Makuei, a lawmaker representing Ajuong constituency in the state legislative assembly said an arm ...

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Cattle Conflict and Related Intercommunal Tensions at Jonglei State, Bor Town

The aforementioned incident was reportedly triggered by three violent cattle raids which took place in the Greater Bor area this past week, all of which resulted in fatalities, and which local sources widely attribute to armed youths from Pibor County. The first took place on 13 December at Baidit C ...

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Cattle Raid at Ngap-agok Tonj East Warrap

Akook and Thony armed cattle keepers clashed. 2 fatalities and an unspecified number of people injured were reported.

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3 killed in communal violence in Amongpiny County

At least three people were killed and 12 others wounded on Sunday when clashes erupted between two communities in Amongpiny County of Western Lakes State, the police said. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday, the state police spokesperson, Captain Elijah Mabor Makuac said violent clashes occurred i ...

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Cattle Raid at Naruodapal Kapoeta North Eastern Equatoria.

A group of armed Didinga youth stole 7 cattle from a Toposa group. After the Toposa failed to locate their cattle, they retaliated by shooting at people from the Didinga tribe. The number of injured people is unclear.

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Cattle Related Violence at Warrap State

Tonj South County, Manyang-Ngok Area, Acigeek Cattle Camp where 31 incidents of cattle raiding have been reported in Tonj South in 2019 with a peak in violence noted in June before the rainy set in. 24 of these incidents resulted in at least one fatality. Prior to June, the area was under a re ...