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Condolences pour in for late journalist Charlton Doki

South Sudanese journalists and fans are saddened by the demise of Veteran journalist and the Coordinator and Editor of Voice of America South Sudan In Focus Program, Charlton Doki who was reportedly involved in a grisly motor accident on Thursday evening.

According to a family member, “Charlton died at Juba Teaching hospital after an accident that involved two motorbikes-crush on Dec. 14, 2023.

The accident happened on the evening of Thursday at the roundabout located along Munuki-Bilpam road.
Reacting to the incident, Chief of Communication at UNICEF Sri Lanka Bismark Swangin, a South Sudanese said and I quote;

“I’m Profoundly shocked to hear that Doki’s life was claimed in a grisly accident. South Sudan has lost a dedicated journalist, a humble man, and a solid voice. It’s such a great loss, not only to the family but the media fraternity. May his gentle soul rest in peace,” end quote.

Meanwhile, Mabor Dhieu Majuac Dak, a reporter who was under the supervision of Late Doki said and I quote;

“On behalf of all VOA journalists who are under training, we convey our condolence messages to relatives and family of our late Doki,”

A former Co-Host for Voice of America’s South Sudan In-Focus program, Charlton graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from the Islamic University in Uganda and a Master’s in International Applied Communication from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in the United Kingdom.

Before he took up the position of Coordinator and Editor at VOA South Sudan in Focus, he worked as a Communications Specialist for South Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction (SSIRI) – a project of the Education Development Center (EDC).

He also worked as a Senior Producer for Sudan Radio Service (SRS) – also a project of the Education Development Center and as a Copy Editor and Senior Reporter for the Sudan Mirror newspaper.

Charlton loved telling stories as a child and later became passionate about providing information to enable people to make informed choices and decisions.

Speaking to Eye Radio at the Juba Funeral home where the late’s body was kept, some VOA reporters described his demise as shocking and expressed their profound sorrow at his sudden and untimely departure.

Others described him as diplomatic a very committed journalist with a good heart.

“It’s with heartbroken and devastated news that our editor late Charlton Doki whom I worked with for the past few years died. He was a very professional editor and mentor as well as very diplomatic.

He worked professionally, he tried by all means to ensure that his work and everything you did together was to all standards and professional journalism.

“So, we are mourning a true hero in the media fraternity, this is a loss for the media fraternity in South Sudan,” said VOA’s Michael Atit.

VOA reporter Gai: “I am so sad to have learned about the untimely death of Charlton Doki, he has been my mentor. Just yesterday we were sitting together with him and this morning unfortunately, I heard he got involved in an accident that took his life, I am devastated,

“Charlton was a man I can’t compare with anything, he was dedicated to his job and worked with journalists, mentored them, and supported them in their work. it’s a great loss to have lost him at this time.

“Charlton was a committed journalist with a good heart – who understood the situation of the journalists always and as in solidarity with them and encouraged them to do their work.”

Dennis Logonyi of Classic FM said: “It is so sad at the moment, we feel sudden with this current situation we are in, we have nothing to say but we know the Almighty Lord who has taken his soul to the right place.

“We will always miss you, we love you and will continue to love you as one of our brothers, a colleague, and friends in the media fraternity.

“You have left a very big gap hard to fix  but we are very sure that God will strengthen us the journalists of South Sudan.”

Ugandan serial killer sentenced to 105 years in prison

The High Court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has sentenced a 25-year-old serial killer to 105 years in prison.

Musa Musasizi was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to the murder of three women said to be his girlfriends and a three-month-old girl who was the child of one of his victims.

He reportedly pursued romantic relationships with the women before sexually assaulting and killing them, then burning and disposing of their bodies, the court heard.

Justice Margaret Mutonyi said the long sentence was necessary to protect young women, including Musasizi’s six-year-old daughter, the privately owned NTV channel reported.

Musasizi had been arrested in March 2021 on suspicion of killing five women and an infant.

He was convicted for the murder of one of the women in July.

At that time, his lawyer asked the judge for mercy, saying that Musasizi, a former street child, had survived a difficult upbringing.

Nine survivors of Twic-Ngok clashes admitted to Wau Hosptial

A Wau-based reporter got access to nine survivors of the recent attack on the Ayuok military barrack in Twic of Warrap State who are being treated at Wau Teaching Hospital in Western Bahr el Ghazal State.

On Monday, November 10, 2023, authorities in Warrap and Abyei Civil Society Organization issued separate statements accusing each side of cross-border attacks.

The statement by authorities in Warrap alleged that armed youth from the Abyei Administrative Area attacked a military barrack in Twic resulting in the death of 36 soldiers, three women, and three children.

According to Warrap Information Minister, the incident occurred on November 13th at around 4:00 pm north of Mayen Abun in Twic County.

William Wol said the attack was the fourth of its kind.

“On behalf of the Warrap state government, we condemned the deadly attack by the suspected armed youth from Abyei on the 13th at 4 pm in the SSPDF barrack in the northern direction of Mayian-Abon in Twic county,” Wol told Eye Radio in an interview on Wednesday.

“In the incident, 32 people were confirmed that have been killed including 3 women and 3 children, and also 36 people were wounded in the attack,” he said.

“This is the fourth time that the armed youth of Abyei attacking the SSPDF barrack was meant to protect both civilians in the area of Twic and Abyei.”

Meanwhile, in a press release issued by Abyei Civil Society, the armed militia of  disputed Titweng attacked civilians in Athony, Malual –Aleu and Kadhian villages in Abyei in date on November 13.

This, it says, resulted in the killing of 2 people and wounding of 7 others.

The Civil Society Organization condemned the continuation of attacks on Ngok Dinka areas by armed Twic youth.

Miyen Ayuong, the secretary of Information for the Abyei Civil Society Organization called on the government to exert more pressure on UNISFA to adhere to its mandate.

Some of them including four women who spoke to a Wau-based reporter say they were transported to the health facility on Sunday.

However, the victims sounded concerns that since they arrived in Wau, they have been facing difficulties in getting food and medicines due to financial constraints despite being admitted to the hospital.

William Majok Amal is one of the survivors following the attack on the military barrack.

“We were brought here on Sunday but till now, we don’t have anything.

“The hospital has done enough but no money, we don’t have food to eat. We need assistance because we are not able to get services, there is no money to dress these wounds, and everything here is money.

Two of the wounded woman Ayak Machok and Aluel Deng Deng have raised similar concerns.

 “Since we arrived here two days ago, we have not gotten any good things and even taking bathing, no shoes and clothes, as you have seen if somebody is taken to x-ray, it is not good when someone is necklet, sad Aluel.

“Let the government help us, we are very poor, we have been killed in Abyei, my husband, and the three others were killed, and it is only me remaining now without family members,’ she added.

Similarly, Ayak said “Here in Wau we don’t have soap, no treatment, no food, and no money, we are just vulnerable, ”

When contacted, Nixon Anthony who is the Director of Wau Teaching Hospital confirmed the admission of some wounded patients, but he was yet to get their details at the press time.

 

 

Abducted Zimbabwe opposition activist found dead

A Zimbabwe opposition activist who was abducted at the weekend while campaigning ahead of key by-elections has been found dead.

Tapfumanei Masaya’s body was found in a decomposed state on the outskirts of the capital Harare his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change said “We demand the police to investigate this heinous crime and bring the perpetrators to justice,” it said on X.

In a statement, the police confirmed the location of a body but said the identity of the dead person was yet to be established and more details would be released later.

The CCC says the activist had been forced into a vehicle by armed men on Saturday while campaigning for a party candidate ahead of the 9 December polls.

The by-elections are being held following what the party said was an “illegal and fraudulent” recall of its members.

Last month, over a dozen opposition MPs lost their seats after a man, who declared himself as the party’s interim secretary-general, said the MPs were no longer members.

The CCC now says the recall of its elected members had resulted “in the death of our change champion”.

The death of the activist follows a pattern of abductions of opposition politicians and human rights activists in Zimbabwe.

The CCC has blamed state agents for the violence against its members – which the ruling Zanu-PF party has denied.

Vote to impeach three CES Ministers adjourned indefinitely

Central Equatoria legislature on Wednesday adjourned for the second time sitting to cast a vote of no-confidence against the three state ministers accused of corruption until further notice.

They include the state Ministers of Cabinet Affairs, Finance and Housing, Land, and Public Utilities

The legislature accused Godwill Wayi, Viana Kakuli, and Fred Laku Raymond of exchanging a public plot with five Toyota Landcruisers worth 100,000 US dollars.

According to a fact-finding committee that moved the motion for a vote of no-confidence, it found out that the officials did not meet due legal processes for the disposal of government property.

It established that the ministers exchanged plot number 60 Block 13 with SHI Petroleum Services for 25 years since 2019, and the Investment department was not involved in the process.

However, some members of parliament differed with the move to cast votes of no-confidence after the Speaker suggested a secret ballot.

As a result, discontented MPs boycotted the siting, prompting the Speaker to adjourn the session indefinitely.

The MPs were recalled to resume the motion on Wednesday, but the Speaker adjourned the session yet again.

“The quorum was not enough. That’s why the siting has been adjourned until further notice,” said Morris Andrea, the Deputy Chairperson for Information, Culture Youth, and Sport at the state legislature.

President Kiir returns from Egypt

President Salva Kiir has returned to Juba after a working visit to Egypt where he met with his counterpart, Abdel Fathah El Sisi.

The head of state arrived in Juba yesterday

His office cited the Minister of Presidential Affairs Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin as saying while in Cairo, President Kiir and his Egyptian counterpart discussed joint cooperation agreements that would serve the interests of the two countries.

It also stated that the meeting touched on the crisis in Sudan and called for regional peace and stability.

The President was received by the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and other senior government officials.

 

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