United Nations Mission in South Sudan Concerns about escalating Violence in Magwi

The United Nations mission in South Sudan is gravely concerned by escalating violence between cattle keepers and settled farming communities in the eastern equatorial state. Most recently on 31ST January, armed conflict between pastoralists and settled communities in and around Magwi county has reportedly led to retaliatory fighting in Agoro, Chomboro, Obama, and Ayii villages.

The state enforces a disarmament campaign in Nasir County

South Sudan Defense Forces (SSPDF) has dispatched thousands of troops to Nasir County in Upper Nile State to enforce a forceful disarmament campaign, days after it resulted into deadly clashes between the army and the youth left four soldiers dead, according to multiple sources. Speaking in Malakal on Saturday, Gen. Johnson Olony Thubo, the SSPDF Deputy Chief of […]