ECSS crisis: Government bans Christmas processions in Bor
Authorities in the Jonglei State capital, Bor, have banned processions and all other Christmas-related events amidst rising tensions over leadership of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) in the state.
In Jonglei, ECSS members often hold processions and night prayers on the eve of Christmas and New Year days, during which they seek repentance, forgiveness, and harmonious living.
However this year, as a result of tensions emanating from the defrocking of Reuben Akurdit of the Jonglei internal province in August, Duom Kuol Ager, the secretary-general of Jonglei State, said Christians will not be allowed to huddle for celebrations during the festivities to avoid violence among the rival ECSS camps.
Armed men abduct a child in Bor
A one-year-old boy was abducted Sunday by a group of armed men in the Werkok area, 25 kilometers north of the Jonglei State capital, Bor, authorities have said.
Bishop James Deng of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan s Makuac Diocese told Radio Tamazuj that the boy identified as Thon Makuac Deng was abducted when armed men attacked a group of women who were harvesting crops at a farm in Werkok village.
“Those criminals attacked the women while at a farm around the homestead. They beat up one woman and took that child. No one was killed during the incident. But a 40-year-old man called Mayath is missing till now after the incident,” Bishop Deng explained.
Armed men abduct a child in Bor
A one-year-old boy was abducted Sunday by a group of armed men in the Werkok area, 25 kilometers north of the Jonglei State capital, Bor, authorities have said.
Bishop James Deng of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan s Makuac Diocese told Radio Tamazuj that the boy identified as Thon Makuac Deng was abducted when armed men attacked a group of women who were harvesting crops at a farm in Werkok village.
“Those criminals attacked the women while at a farm around the homestead. They beat up one woman and took that child. No one was killed during the incident. But a 40-year-old man called Mayath is missing till now after the incident,” Bishop Deng explained.