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Month: April 2022
Seven siblings rescued after teen set them on fire over starvation
Seven South Sudanese children were rescued after a teen girl set a house on fire over starvation,according to the Chairperson of Ayilo One Refugee settlement in Northern Uganda.
On Saturday, the unnamed South Sudanese girl believed to be 17, reportedly locked herself with six other minors inside the house and set the house on fire.
The incident happened at around 8 pm at Bloc E of Ayilo One camp.
“She called the children and put them inside where they normally sleep, after she found that the children had slept, she entered the room and also locked the inner door and burned the house,” Daniel Alier Manyok, the Chairperson of Bloc E narrated, adding that is where the neighbors found the flame of the fire and came for rescue”.
The girl reportedly lost her father in July 2020, and her mother recently came to South Sudan to look for a job.
Manyok said the girl told the police during an investigation she was unable to provide meals to her siblings after her mother failed to send them money.
“The problem is food, they were suffering. According to her, they took three days without eating the food. Finally, she decided to commit suicide with the children,” according to Manyok.
At Ayilo One Refugee settlement, some refugees receive 19,000 Uganda Shillings – an equivalent to 2,300 pounds, in food ration monthly.
Others receive 3kilograms of food ratios per a month.
One refugee settlement was established in July 2014 to host the influx of South Sudanese refugees after the violence of 2013.
In May last year, the United Nations World Food Program said it was facing an 86-million-U.S. dollar funding shortfall for feeding 1.27 million refugees in Uganda.
WFP said it was forced to reduce the refugees’ rations by 30 percent in April 2020, and then by an additional 10 percent in February 2021 due to a decline in funding since 2019.
Tension in Jondoru, Kor-Wolliang, Kasire as locals battle land grabbers
Some residents of Jondoru, Kor-Wolliang and Kasire in Juba have appealed to the state authorities to immediately deploy organized forces to de-escalate tension between locals and land grabbers in the area.
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NBS launches 2 million fruit trees planting initiative
The government of Northern Bahr el Ghazal has launched the planting of 2 million fruit trees in the state.
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Catholic church hails court verdict on Carlasare’s shooting, hopes for forgiveness
The Catholic Diocese of Rumbek has welcomed the court verdict sentencing a priest and his associates to different jail terms for the shooting of Bishop Christian Carlasare last year.
The High Court in Juba yesterday sentenced a catholic priest and three others for conspiring in the shooting of Bishop Carlassare.
John Mathiang Machol, Samuel Makir, Moris Sebit Ater and Lat Makur Agok were found guilty of participating directly or indirectly in the attempted murder Bishop Carlassare.
Father John Mathiang was handed a seven-year jail term while Samuel Makir was sentenced to five years.
Moris Sebit Ater and Lat Makur Agok were both sentenced to 4 years in Prison.
In a statement seen by Eye Radio after yesterday’s verdict, Bishop Carlasare of Rumbek Diocese said they acknowledged the verdict.
The statement partly read “We appreciate the commitment and dedication of the government and the court. Though sad for what has happened and the resulting suffering. We pray that truth may bring conversion and healing. As a church, we look forward with hope this Easter time and remember Jesus for forgiveness and Unity.”
Carlassare, an Italian Comboni priest was elected on March 8, 2021 as the bishop of the Diocese of Rumbek.
He had spent months on treatment in Nairobi, Kenya before he was discharged and consecrated as the Bishop of Rumbek Diocese upon in March.
MP backs city mayor’s move to rename residential areas, but warns him of his jurisdiction
A member of the Council of State has called on the government to support plans by Juba City Mayor to rename some residential areas.
Over the week, Mayor Michael Ladu Allah-Jabu told Eye Radio that he intends to change the designation of areas linked to past-atrocities committed against locals by successive Khartoum regimes.
He mentioned places like Rujal-Mafi, Libas-Mafi and Atlabara, among others.
The matter is to be tabled before the Juba City Legislative Council for approval.
In support of the Mayor’s move he said the plan should extend to areas beyond the Juba City Council jurisdiction.
“Mayor cannot name places beyond Ezentus, New Side, and New Dawn. He cannot name places beyond Doha up to Gudele-Two, he cannot name places beyond Jebel market, not even beyond Juba Bridge,” Honerable Oyeno Logudu warned.
However, he said “it’s a very good time that the responsibility should not be left to mayor to solve it alone, the state government should also join mayor in renaming some of the residential areas which are beyond the city.”
Some of the residential areas in Juba were named in 1965 during political and security unrests in Juba.
Most of the names were used to describe the status of South Sudanese under the tyranny of the Sudanese government.
Three convicted over plot to kill Rumbek Catholic Bishop
The High Court in Juba has sentenced four men including a catholic priest to different jail terms for conspiring in the shooting of the catholic Bishop of Rumbek.
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“We don’t have mortuary, corpses are temporarily kept with patients,” says Malakal hospital official
Authorities in Malakal, Upper Nile state say deceased patients are still being kept in treatment wards due to lack of a mortuary. Continue reading ““We don’t have mortuary, corpses are temporarily kept with patients,” says Malakal hospital official”
Juba City Council arrests over 60 teenagers in ‘niggas’ crackdown
The Juba City Council has arrested more than sixty boys and girls commonly known as Niggas over the weekend.
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Dozens of civilians killed, raped in Unity’s Leer County since Feb, UNMISS
At least 72 civilians were killed and 64 women and girls raped between February and April in Leer County in Unity State, the UN mission in South Sudan has said.
UNMISS strongly condemned what it said was the widespread sexual violence, killings including beheadings, burning alive of civilians, and attacks on humanitarians in Leer County.
According the mission, between 17 February and 7 April this year, 72 civilians were killed, 11 injured, and 64 cases of sexual violence recorded.
In a statement seen by Eye Radio, the mission said the human rights violations were documented during a surge in violence carried out by armed youth from Koch and Mayendit counties.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan Nicholas Haysom said “I am strongly appalled by these horrific attacks on civilians in Leer. We must all do everything we can to ensure that victims and survivors get the justice they deserve and receive the care and support their need.”
The UNMISS human rights teams said it conducted 10 verification missions in which two survivors said that they were repeatedly raped and gang-raped after they came out of hiding to find food for their children.
It said a lactating mother recounted that she was raped and severely beaten for three days.
According to initial reports, some 40,000 people have fled the violence in Leer, with thousands reportedly crossing the Nile to Fangak in Jonglei State.
The mission further said thousands of cattle were raided, and markets, homes, and humanitarian facilities and warehouses looted and burnt down.
UNMISS said it deployed additional peacekeepers to conduct regular patrols, including night patrols in Leer town to prevent further loss of life.
The peacekeepers are currently providing protection to displaced people and humanitarians responding to the needs of survivors.
UNMISS, however, said the protection of civilians the responsibility of the Government.
It welcomes initial steps taken in the formation of an investigation committee and the deployment of SSPDF to restore security in the area.
Haysom said “The Mission urges national and local authorities to take immediate measures to reduce tensions and prevent further escalations and retaliatory attacks. Impunity on violations of human rights must end and perpetrators held accountable for these horrible crimes”.
UNMISS said apparently it is engaging with leadership at the capital and state level to mitigate violence while civil affairs teams are meeting with communities to conduct focus group discussions in conflict-affected areas.
