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...

Greater Rumbek East Students Plead With South Sudanese To End Segregation, Discrimination, Cattle Raiding and Revenge Killing


The Students union of greater Rumbek East pleads with South Sudanese to stop segregation, discrimination, revenged killing and cattle raiding in South Sudan.  
 
Rumbek East students said that the main issue causing conflicts in South Sudan are the above mentioned in South Sudan.  
 
Arier Chol from Savannah Secondary School said that killing of foreigners and communal conflicts are some of the reasons to why the country is lagging behind in all areas of development.  

Arier Chol is also calling the parents and guardians not to misdirect their children mostly about bad culture and killing.  
 
Most of the students spoke about discrimination and segregation and they are requesting the country to speak against it.  
 
More to follow shortly...  

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