Nineteen '19' year old woman committed suicide in Lakes State, Rumbek East County

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  The local police of Lakes State confirmed that a 19 year old woman committed suicide in the County of Rumbek East in the village of Meen-Wal and the police withheld the deceased name for unknown reason.  This is not the first time for the young girls to commit suicide in the State, the first case was reported to the authorities  two days ago after a young girl committed suicide in Wulu County.  While speaking to the Media, Police Spokesperson Maj. Elijah Mabor Makwach said that, the police are conducting thorough investigation on why there is a rampant rise of suicide amongst girls in Lakes State.  “We have recorded several cases of suicide with the most recent being a 19-year-old girl who committed a suicide in Meen-wal village in Rumbek East County and the investigation is still ongoing to identify the cause of the suicide because the cases are rising. Last week alone, two suicide cases were reported,” Maj. Mabor said.  Lakes State Police Spokesperson further said that, they have b
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Government Officials Detained By SPLA-IO Forces In Ayod County Have Been Released

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Government Officials alleged to have been detained by SPLM-IO forces while on a peace envoy in Ayod County have been released. 

Those detained at Ayod County of Jonglei State are: Juach Gathoth Ayod County Executive Director and Ayod County SPLM Secretary General Tot Kai Teny. 

Ayod County Commissioner James Chuol Jiel while speaking to the media confirmed that the officials have been released. 

In his own words Ayod County Commissioner said that: “Last week, I sent a delegation led by the county executive director on a peace mission to Mogok because there was tension over cattle rustling with our Nyirol neighbors,” Chuol said. “But as the delegation arrived there, they were detained by an SPLA-IO commander called Thomas Diang."

He said that he sees no reason for the continued detention of the officials: “There was no reason for their week-long detention and they were only later released following negotiations by a delegation from Juba and Bor.”     

One of the government officials was detained Mr. Tot Kai while speaking to the media said he needs thorough investigation to be conducted as to why they were detained. 

“We were a delegation of 11 led by the county executive director, and included the county finance director plus three women representatives and then security guards. Our mission was to preach peace so that our youth do not revenge because of a cattle raid carried out by a youth group from Nyirol County on December 19,” he said. “However, on reaching, we were detained for almost nine days. We were not investigated and there was no reason for our arrest. So, we want an investigation into this incident."-Kot Kai said. 

SPLA-IO spokeperson in Jonglei denied the allegations saying no officials from the government were arrested in Ayod. 

Lt. Col. Khor Nyang is the SPLA-IO Spokeperson in that region, he said that: “Those people moved from Ayod town to the area without communicating with our commander. After this message was intercepted, they were told to hold on because there was an ongoing youth mobilization and our leadership wants to stabilize the area first but they refused and came,” he said. “So, what happened was they were not arrested. There were at the compound of our commander for their safety because if anything was to happen to them we could have been held accountable since the area is under our control.” Lt.Col. Khor Nyang Mabor said.   

Ayod is a town in Jonglei, South Sudan, headquarters of Ayod County. The Nuer people are the main inhabitants.Riek Machar, first vice-president of South Sudan, is the 26th son of the chief of both Ayod and Leer.



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