SPLA-IO Accused of Detaining Civilian Boats, Demanding $4,000 Along Sobat River ‎

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‎ Boat ferrying civilians  Nasir, Upper Nile State  ‎Authorities in Nasir County, Upper Nile State, have accused forces loyal to the Sudan People’s Liberation Army In Opposition (SPLA-IO) of detaining civilian riverboats and demanding ransom-like payments of up to $4,000 from traders and passengers along the Sobat River. ‎ ‎According to Nasir County Commissioner James Gatwech Joak, several boats traveling from Matar in Nasir County to Malakal were intercepted by SPLA-IO soldiers in Yakuach, an area in Nyirol County, Jonglei State. ‎ ‎“Our traders paid local taxes to SPLA-IO in Mandeng before setting off. But on reaching Yakuach, they were detained again and told to pay an additional four thousand U.S. dollars,” Commissioner Gatwech said. ‎ ‎He explained that the detained boat operators and traders were reportedly held for four days while armed men demanded more payments.  ‎ Some of the passengers were women, children, and patients traveling for medical treatment in Malaka...

Father of One Of The Armed Robbers Who Murdered The Ugandan Teachers Arrested In Western Lakes State


The father of one of the gunmen who killed the Ugandan teachers have been arrested in Rumbek as the authorities tighten the search for the gunmen. 
The Authorities said the arrest was done in order for the culprit to come out and replace the father since the old man was not responsible for the killing of the two Ugandan teachers.  
The Ugandan two deceased Ugandan teachers were teaching in Hope and Resurrection Secondary School and were attacked between Western and Eastern Bhar Naam County exactly in Pulkuji. 
The deceased who goes by the name Charles Kule Charles and Willis Binsiima were both deputy head teacher and the school administrator in the secondary school.  
The teachers were killed on grounds that Ugandan truck drivers killed the chief of that Pulkuji, so it was a revenged killing.  
The County Commissioner said confirmed that “Yes, he was detained yesterday and he told us he is talking with his son through someone else phone . So he is talking to the boy to surrender himself to the authorities.” 
The suspect’s father promised to hand-over his son to the state authorities.
The commissioner also added that “First the police will apprehend them, then we will go to their cattle camp- I know the cattle camp is near here – and confiscate the animals. Then we will transfer the suspects father to the town prison, until we get the culprits.”
The commissioner hopes that the young man will turn himself in to bail his father through the young man the authority will be able to capture the other culprits. 
More to follow shortly...  

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