Officials in Tonj East County of South Sudan's Warrap State said three people were killed and three injured in two consecutive cattle raids on Saturday and Sunday.
8 killed, 14 wounded in renewed Tonj fighting
Authorities in the now-defunct Tonj State say eight people were killed and 14 others wounded in two separate intercommunal clashes between 2nd and 3rd February.
The fighting was between the warring communities of the Luachjang from Tonj East County and their neighboring Lou community from Tonj North County.
Angelo Dut, the Executive Director of defunct Lou Paher County, said the fighting was triggered by revenge and counter-raiding attacks and attributed the latest clashes to the arrival of cattle of Mayen Kuol Riak to the Lou area.
Colonel Mayen Kuol is an SSPDF deserter from the Luachjang community and is reported to be commanding a huge number of armed youth.
Humanitarian convoy ambushed, looted in Warrap State
A humanitarian convoy consisting of five trucks destined for the Luachjang area in Tonj East County was ambushed and looted last week by armed youth at Langchok locality in the now-defunct Thiik County.
John Wiel an employee of the World Food Programme (WFP) in the area said the trucks were carrying cereal and vegetable oil totaling 42 metric tons and were ambushed before reaching their final destination. There were five vehicles carrying vegetable oil and cereals. The total metric tons looted is 42.707 tons, 2.927 matrix tons is vegetable oil and 39.78 is cereal. The vehicles were destined to Paliang and they did not reach Paliang, they were looted before reaching Paliang,” Wiel said.