Police trainees at Rajaf training center.

Lack of mobility and equipment are among the many challenges facing the police in the greater Bhar- el Ghazal region, the police spokesperson has said.

There have been recurring reported cases of cattle raiding, highway robberies and clan-based violence in the region.

Colonel James Monday is accompanying the Inspector General of the police, who is making his first official visit to the country’s ten states since his appointment in February.

He said that effectively ensuring law and order is an issue confronting police:

“…… most of them are old; most of them are illiterate. These will need to be addressed and then there is the challenge of budget. You know the strict budget has impact on many things that need to be done.”

Colonel Enoka said that the official tour had so far visited seven states including the “disputed mile 14 at the border between Sudan and Northern Bahr el Ghazal state.”

He said that he thinks the situation in that area is calm, with the permanent inhabitants and the nomad Misseriya from Sudan living side by side.