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...

PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR TODAY RECEIVED A FULL REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE HEALTH SECTOR IN THE COUNTRY


President Kiir and National Health Minister Hon. Yolanda Awel Deng


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President Kiir has directed the National Health Ministry to double its efforts to deliver quality healthcare services to the people of South Sudan. 

 

President Kiir gave the directives after receiving a comprehensive report from the Minister of Health Yolanda Awel Deng on the health status in the country.


Minister Yolanda also briefed the President on her recent participation in the World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva. 


She called for domestic funding to address the current pressure on the healthcare system, following the influx of returnees and refugees into the country from Sudan.


The Minister called on the public to embrace safer living by maintaining personal hygiene to mitigate cases of cholera as the rainy season begins.


The health sector in the country is facing lots of changes. The country has poor access to health services due to an acute health workforce shortage, inadequate health infrastructure and poor health service utilization, the country has poor health indicators. 


Its maternal, infant and child mortality rates are some of the highest in the world and life expectancy is low, at 56.5 years


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