Hundreds of internally displaced persons from Logo Boma of Otogo Payam in Central Equatoria’s Yei River County are in dire need of humanitarian assistance after being forced out of their homes by renewed fighting.
Local NGO calls for demining around schools in C. Equatoria State
A national Non-Governmental Organisation has appealed to the South Sudan government and development partners to conduct land mine risk awareness-raising and demining programs around school premises ahead of the re-opening of schools across Central Equatoria State.
After the signing of the revitalized peace agreement, some schools in rural counties and payams of the state were occupied by armed actors according to past reports published by the peace monitors.
However, with the formation of the national, state, and county local governments, hundreds of returnees and internally displaced persons are returning to resettle in their former areas.
35-year-old man arrested for rape in Yei
Police authorities in Yei River County have arrested a 35-year-old man allegedly accused of raping a three-year-old girl in the Dar-el salam residential area of Yei River County recently.
Yei River County police commissioner Major general Yoasa Lujang Kamba told Radio Tamazuj that the suspect has been remanded at Yei Central Prison pending court proceedings.
“A man of 35 years raped a girl of 3 years and we suspected the man attempted to rape but when we sent the girl for medical examination, the medical report by the doctor indicated that the girl had sperms in her womb. We have arrested the man and want him to be taken to court so that people refrain from such acts,” he said.