Anuak king narrowly escapes deadly ambush in Jonglei
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-05-17 04:24:24 -0700 | travel-news
Five people were killed and six others wounded on Wednesday in an ambush on a convoy carrying the king of the Anuak tribe from South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state to Pinyudo in Ethiopia. Akwai Agada Akwai Cham at his inauguration...
Jonglei Governor calls for proper use of national security law
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-05-11 00:12:08 -0700 | political-news
The Governor of South Sudan's Jonglei state on Thursday urged the Federal government to ensure that the country's security law is properly utilised once the document is endorsed. Participants including the Jonglei governor, at the South Sudan consultative forum on...
Jonglei: Seven die in Akobo inter-clan fighting
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-05-09 22:46:11 -0700 | political-news
At least seven people were reported dead and 15 others injured following two consecutive inter-clan clashes in Waat and Walgak in Jonglei state's Akobo county on Tuesday and Wednesday. The commissioner of Akobo county, Koung Rambeng, described it as long...
Rogue SPLA soldiers stage roadblock protest outside Bor, civilians complain of beatings
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-05-08 22:44:53 -0700 | travel-news
Jonglei's Pibor county where the military is fighting an armed rebellion, staged a roadblock on the outskirts of the state capital, Bor, on Wednesday. Hundreds soldiers, who are refusing to go back to Pibor until they are paid, created a...
SPLA soldiers desert positions in Pibor
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-05-06 23:40:58 -0700 | travel-news
South Sudan's army has warned soldiers who deserted their posts in the Gumuruk area of Jonglei state's Pibor county on Sunday that they will punished once they are caught. Goran Tomasevic) Pibor county is the center of a rebellion against...
29 anti-cattle raiding officers graduate in Jonglei
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-28 21:26:45 -0700 | political-news
A total of 29 South Sudan police officers, who underwent specialized training on the prevention of challenges posed by cattle-raiding, graduated from the Livestock Patrol Unit (LPU) training facility in Jonglei state Thursday. Community Security and Small Arms Control project...
Bring your families back to South Sudan, Jonglei Governor tells officials
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-26 23:46:59 -0700 | political-news
Jonglei state's governor Kuol Manyang Juuk, has set January of next year as a deadline for all ministers, MPs and top civil servants to bring their families back to South Sudan. Jonglei Governor, Kuol Mangang Juuk, describes his new policy...
Kakwa Community demand fair trial of seven leaders arrested in Juba
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-24 23:50:53 -0700 | political-news
Members of the Kakwa Community in Juba have demanded a fair investigation and trial of seven chiefs who were arbitrarily arrested at night from Yei River County in Central Equatoria State and taken to an undisclosed location in Juba. Paul...
Students complain of errors in South Sudan exam papers
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-22 22:39:32 -0700 | political-news
The first South Sudan secondary examinations for 2013 have come under severe criticism from the candidates in Jonglei state who said the papers had errors in them. Malek Academy students in the examination room, receiving their papers two minutes before...
Insecurity restricting relief in Jonglei’s Pibor - UN
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-17 20:50:44 -0700 | travel-news
At least nine trucks loaded with food and non-food humanitarian aid are stranded in Bor the capital of Jonglei state unable to reach areas of Pibor county affected by recent insecurity. Soldier from the UN Mission in South Sudan standing...
UN denies peacekeepers failed to defend themselves against fatal Gumruk ambush
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-16 23:11:03 -0700 | travel-news
The head of the Untied Nations Mission to South Sudan, Hilde Johnson, has strongly dismissed the perception among many in Jonglei state, that UN peacekeepers killed last week, did not defend themselves when they were attacked in Pibor. Head of...
Jonglei state wide radio to broadcast in May
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-14 23:36:27 -0700 | political-news
Jonglei state FM, covering the the eleven counties of South Sudan's largest and most easterly state, is soon to begin broadcasting news and current affairs programmes in both English and Arabic, according to Jonglei's ministry of information and communication.
UNMISS calls for use of force in Bor when threatened
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-14 09:23:10 -0700 | travel-news
The United Nations in South Sudan called on Saturday for the mission's peacekeepers in Jonglei to use force in self defense when threatened or attacked in their areas of operation. Hilde Johnson (R) in Bor on April 13, 2013 (ST)...
South Sudan Archbishop pledges to meet rebel leader for peace talks
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-12 22:27:37 -0700 | political-news
South Sudan Archbishop, Daniel Deng Bull, has pledged to meet David Yauyau who is leading a rebellion in Jonglei state, to persuade the former pastor to peace negotiate with the government. Deng, who chairs the South Sudanese president's Jonglei peace...
Women are important peacemakers, says Jonglei governor
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-04-10 23:50:31 -0700 | political-news
Women play an important role in creating and sustaining peace, the governor of South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state told a women's conference in Bor on Wednesday. On the third day of the conference Kuol Manyang Juuk said peace and stability...
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