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...

JONGLEI STATE GOVERNOR HON. DENAY JOCK CHAGOR, MET AND BRIEFED PRESIDENT KIIR OF THE CHALLENGES FACING THE STATE OF JONGLEI

 

President Kiir being debriefed by Hon. Denay Jock Chagor, Jonglei State Governor 


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President Kiir today met and with Jonglei State Governor Hon. Denay Jock Chagor and the president was briefed on current issues in Jonglei State. 


President Kiir has expressed commitment to support the Government of Jonglei in addressing the challenges facing the State after Jonglei Governor Denay Jok Chagor briefed the President on the general situation in the region.


Denay says the security situation in the State is calm, despite the recent isolated incident, where a humanitarian truck was looted.


The Governor says the people of Jonglei are preparing for the upcoming general elections, praising the population for the prevailing open political space in the area.


Jonglei State is among one of the  states of South Sudan with Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor, Akobo, Ayod, Uror, Duk, Nyirol, Pigi, Twic East, and Fangak.


Since the  independence of South Sudan in the year (2011), communities across Jonglei State  have experienced a series of manmade, climactic shocks.  


Jonglei State also experienced economic shocks involving national and subnational violence, atypical flooding. 


Jonglei State also experienced what we call a rampant inflation that have eroded the viability of traditional food and livelihood activities, and left over three-hundred thousand people internally displaced and most of the population food insecure

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