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...
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Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, address investors to South Sudan's tourism sector

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File: Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Presidential Affairs. 


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Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Presidential Affairs, woos the potential investors to take advantage of the wildlife and tourism industry, which he describes as the biggest wildlife population on planet earth. 


Dr. Marial Benjamin, urges the friends and partners of South Sudan to come and invest in the tourism industry. 


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South Sudan, is currently the second largest country for mammals migration, mammals like, Elephant, Lion, Hippopotamus and giraffe. 


Dr. Marial Benjamin, further said that, South Sudan is an ideal destination for tourism but the Country needs investors to improve the tourism industry. 


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“We have the biggest wildlife on earth, when you get our real lion, it is not a lion that knows a car it is a real one. When you see a buffalo it is a real one, the real wild one, when you see an elephant, when you see a giraffe, we are number one. But tourism what do we have? Dr Marial Benjamin asked.


Dr. Marial Benjamin, pleaded with the friends of South Sudan to invest in the tourism sector. 


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“I’m saying this to our friends and partners who are here please invest in tourism, help this country to move in that direction this is very important. In infrastructure alone this country since the interim period we have 14,000 km of roads to be built,” Marial Benjamin said.


Dr. Marial Benjamin further said that, South Sudan needs assistance in terms of loans to build projects. 


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“We need assistance, projects cannot be built by hand from a country you have to build them through loans.” Dr. Marial Benjamin said. 


“Allow us to have loans, so that we build these roads so that our citizens can stay in their villages, produce for themselves and market their products on good tarmac roads.” Dr. Benjamin Marial said. 

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