‎Tension Rise in Malakal Amid Clashes Between Government Forces and White Army in Upper Nile ‎

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 Wounded soldiers lie in bed at the general military hospital Juba.  ‎Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile State, is on edge as wounded soldiers from recent clashes in Ulang County arrive in the city, sparking fear among residents particularly from the Nuer community.  ‎ ‎The fighting, which began in February, involves the White Army, a militia group largely composed of Nuer youth, and government troops. ‎ ‎According to Maj. Gen. Joseph Mayen Akon, the state's police commissioner, two criminal attacks have been recorded in recent days, but he denied allegations of widespread violence against Nuer civilians.  ‎ ‎He stressed that the incidents were not ethnically targeted, but acknowledged that tribal tensions and traumatic memories of past violence in Malakal were stoking fear. ‎ ‎"Any reports of fighting elsewhere now trigger anxiety here," he said. ‎ ‎Though the market remains open and daily activities continue, the arrival of injured soldiers has created an uneasy at...

Aggrey Idri and Dong Samuel Luak Were Executed By The National Security




A leaked UN report says that Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri were executed by the National Security on the 30th 2017.

The two were executed on the orders of the  Director of Internal Security Bureau Lt Gen Akol Koor Kuc.

The report states the two men were killed on the 30th of January 2017 at Luri Military Complex 20km west of Juba. The report said the two disappeared on the 23rd and 24th of January and transported on the 27th to Juba aboard a plane chartered with the help of South Sudan Embassy in Nairobi.

They were held at Blue House and then transferred at night to Luri Military Complex. They were executed three days later on orders of ISB Central Division commander who was acting on orders from LTGEN Akol Koor according to the report.

The full report can be found here: https://www.undocs.org/S/2019/301

More to follow shortly....

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  1. I condemned such act done by the government. If the government are killing people then where is the position of a government to protect his people from arm aggravation? Furthermore, they're intellectual citizens well know in the country is not a great lost to the Nation!!!
    Why Nations Fail??? It's because of such things do.

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