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Category: Humanitarian
2 killed, ten wounded in attack on Jonglei’s Panyagor
At least two people were killed and about ten others injured during cattle raiding in Twic East County on Tuesday.
Major General Elia Cost, the State Police Commissioner says gunmen allegedly from Greater Pibor Administrative Area carried out an attack on Panyagor villagers at around 3:00 PM.
“Yesterday [Tuesday] at 03:30 pm in the evening, a group of criminals came and attacked a cattle camp in Bidit that is Panyagor and looted the cattle and ran away.
“So the youth followed them and clashed with them, and they (attackers) killed two from Bidit and then wounded about ten people,” he said.
The attackers, according to the police official, raided about 500 heads of cattle.
But some of the looted cattle were recovered after the area youth and members of the organized forces pursued the attackers
“They managed to recover some of the cattle but others did not yet recover,” Gen. Costa added.
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Sudan war displaces nearly 400,000 to South Sudan – OCHA
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Aid worker killed in road ambush at Warrap-WBGs border
A humanitarian worker was killed on Saturday evening in a road ambush in Therkueng village at the Warrap-Western Bahr el Ghazal border, an official said. Continue reading Aid worker killed in road ambush at Warrap-WBGs border
Flooding displaces 5,000 in Juba’s Gondokoro Payam
At least five thousand people have been displaced from Gondokoro and Mangala areas of Juba County due to the recent floods, a lawmaker in Central Equatoria State parliament said. Continue reading Flooding displaces 5,000 in Juba’s Gondokoro Payam
Humanitarian worker reportedly murdered in Pibor
The Acting Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan has condemned the killing of an aid worker in Greater Pibor Administrative Area on Monday. Continue reading Humanitarian worker reportedly murdered in Pibor
‘Worldwide demand necessitates cut in funding to S.Sudan’- J. Adler
The U.S. Ambassador in Juba has warned of a reduction in the humanitarian funding to South Sudan in this fiscal year, citing worldwide demand for his country’s funds to the sector.
As such, Michael J. Adler is calling on the transitional government to increase its own use of revenue to support the humanitarian response.
“While we remain deeply committed, the worldwide demand for our humanitarian fund will necessitate significant budget reduction here in South Sudan starting this fiscal year.
“In that context, we call for the transitional government to increase its own use of revenue to support humanitarian response and to reduce the cost and risks of aid delivery,” Adler said in an event marking IOM’s 10th Anniversary of the Rapid Response Fund in South Sudan Wednesday.
In addition, he said: This includes the removal of road and revenue checkpoints and reducing the bureaucratic impediments and illicit fees imposed on international and national non-governmental organizations.
This, the US diplomate said will reduce taxes on the humanitarian agencies seeking to help the suffering South Sudanese people.
According to Adler; “Only the transitional government can address the drivers of conflict, poverty, and humanitarian crisis and we ask for immediate action to do so.”
The 10-year celebration has been marked under the theme: “Harnessing the Localization agenda for rapid humanitarian response in South Sudan.