(LAINYA COUNTY) – Authorities in Lainya County, Central Equatoria State, have confirmed the arrest of two men in connection with the alleged gang rape of two underage girls in Limuro village, Wuji Payam, on Tuesday afternoon. According to Paramount Chief Jackson Lumori, the victims, aged 15 and 16, were attackedContinue Reading
(MOROBO COUNTY) – A Kenyan engineer who was kidnapped last month in Morobo County has been released, local officials and church leaders confirmed on Wednesday. Richard Matiangi was abducted on 30 July after armed men ambushed a vehicle near Bazi, around five kilometres from Morobo town. His colleague, engineer JamesContinue Reading
(AWEIL EAST COUNTY) – A local businessman has been shot dead and more than 3 million South Sudanese Pounds (SSP), equivalent to approximately 652 US dollars at the current exchange rate, were stolen during an ambush on Sunday along the road between Majok Yinhthiou Municipality and Aweil East County inContinue Reading
(YUMBE DISTRICT, UGANDA) – Ugandan police have launched an investigation into the killing of a 34 year old South Sudanese refugee woman whose body was found on Wednesday evening in a garden in Buya Village, Oluba Parish, Odravu Sub-county, Yumbe District. The deceased, identified as Faima Chetima, was a residentContinue Reading
(KAJO-KEJI COUNTY) – A local environmental and human rights activist has urged the authorities in Kajo-Keji County, to promptly bring two detained forestry officials to court following their arrest last month in connection with alleged illegal logging. The two senior government officials were taken into custody on 22 July 2025,Continue Reading
(MAGIRI) – The Youth Union of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) has strongly condemned a violent attack on Murle cattle traders in Magiri, in which eight people were killed, eight others wounded and over 3,000 head of cattle reportedly stolen. The statement issued on 6 August 2025 by theContinue Reading
(YEI COUNTY) – The Catholic Diocese of Yei has issued a strong condemnation of the murder of Kenyan civil engineer James Kariuki, who was shot dead on 31 July 2025 while travelling along the Yei-Kaya road in Central Equatoria State. The incident occurred around 8:00am as Engineer Kariuki was drivingContinue Reading
(YAMBIO COUNTY) – A senior government official in Western Equatoria State has been shot dead in a targeted attack at his residence in Yambio, authorities confirmed on Sunday. Peter Michael Mbia, the Director General in the State Ministry of General Education and Instruction, was killed on Saturday evening when threeContinue Reading
(JUBA) – A Bangladeshi peacekeeper serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has been safely rescued after being abducted by an unidentified local group during a routine patrol. The officer, Sub Inspector Md Ashekur Rahman of the Bangladesh Police, was deployed as an Individual Police Officer (IPO)Continue Reading
(LAMWO DISTRICT) – Ugandan security forces have arrested two men suspected of attempting to smuggle a firearm into neighbouring South Sudan through an ungazetted entry point in Lamwo District. The suspects, identified as Isaac Okunga, 27, of Akor Village in Lira District, and Gabriel Lokoroma of Pobel Village in LamwoContinue Reading
