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 Mayardiit gifts Catholic Cardinal, Cardinal Gabriel Zubier Wako a new house



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President Salva Kiir gifts Catholic Cardinal, Cardinal Gabriel Zubier Wako a brand new house today in Juba. 


The new residence of the first Sudanese Catholic cardinal was opened by Vice President James Wani on Saturday in Juba.


The blessing of the new house was presided over by His Lordship Bishop Santo Loku Pio, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba. 


In attendance during the handing over of the new house were Vatican Charge’ de Affairs Msgr Ionut Paul, Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut, Hon. Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Presidential Affairs. 


Cardinal Zubier was ordained priest in 1963, and became Archbishop of Khartoum in 1979. He was elevated to the level of Cardinal in 2003 and retired as the Archbishop of Khartoum in 2016.


He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI and the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis


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