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...

GOVERNMENT TO TAKE UP JONGLEI STATE GOVERNORSHIP, IN A NEW ARRANGEMENT WITH SOUTH SUDAN OPPOSITION ALLIANCE 'SSOA'

 

PRESIDENT KIIR and members of SSOA


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Prominent members of South Sudan Opposition Alliance agreed to hand over the Governorship of Jonglei State to the Government in a new arrangements. 


South Sudan Opposition Alliance 'SSOA' has agreed to swap Jonglei State Governorship with SPLM and agreed to take the position of the Deputy Governor.


The reason for the swapping of the position was to address the never ending crisis in Jonglei State. 


While addressing the media, Hon. Gabriel Changson Chan a senior member of 'SSOA' and also the current Minister of Higher Education said, SSOA is contented by the new arrangement with the government since it will help restore peace in Jonglei State. 


According to the new arrangement, SSOA will take up a Ministerial position in the National Government and a Special Envoy position and the deputy Governor of Jonglei.


President Kiir is expected to effect the changes in the coming days.


The South Sudan Opposition Alliance is a coalition of political parties and armed groups in South Sudan that are opposing the regime of President Kiir. 


South Sudan Opposition Alliance was formed in February 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by nine groups. 

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