Authorities in Lakes State have confirmed that three people have been shot dead and six wounded including the police chief inspector in Aluakaluak Payam Michael Mayor Malaak.
Grisly accident claims 8 lives in Lakes State
Road accident that claimed 8 lives in Maatbar of Rumbek on 26 May 2021. [Photo: Radio Tamazuj]
At least eight people have died and eight others injured in a fatal road accident when a passenger pick-up car collided with a fuel tanker between Yirol West and Awerial County of Lakes State on Wednesday.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj the state traffic police investigator Awet Deng said seven people died on the spot, while another one died on the way to the hospital. Among the dead are a national security officer, the pick-up driver, and his co-driver.
He also said that seven people were injured in the grisly accident including a nine-month-old baby, and are receiving treatment at the Yirol Hospital.
2 people killed in Rumbek East County
Police authorities in South Sudan s Lakes State have said that armed criminals suspected to be from Aluakaluak Payam of Yirol West County killed a police officer and a civilian on Sunday.
According to the police, armed youth from Alualuak Payam of Yirol West County went and raided two ox-plows in a village in Akot Payam of Rumbek East County.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, the police chief inspector of Alualuak Payam of Yirol West county Michael Mayor Malaak said a student was killed by the owners of the stolen ox-plows as they pursued the criminals. He also added that a policeman was killed as he tried to pursue the criminals.
April 2021
Tensions continued to mount among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt ahead of Addis Ababa’s planned second unilateral filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in coming months. In apparent warning to Addis Ababa and preparation for possible escalation of inter-state tensions, Sudan and Egypt 31 March-5 April held second joint military exercise since Nov 2020. New round of talks among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on filling and operation of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Blue Nile river broke down 6 April. Cairo same day denounced Ethiopia’s “lack of political will to negotiate in good faith”, while Khartoum vowed to “consider all possible options to protect its security”, denouncing Addis Ababa’s rejection of its proposal for quadripartite mediation by AU, EU, UN and U.S. to break deadlock in AU-led negotiations. Ethiopia’s water minister Seleshi Bekele 7 April said Addis Ababa would proceed with second filling of dam during forthcoming rainy season bet
ACLED Regional Overview – Africa (17-23 April 2021)
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Last week in Africa, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno was killed on the battlefield by rebel fighters, prompting a military takeover of the government; international forces maintained a prominent role in combatting entrenched Islamist and domestic militant insurgencies across the Sahel and central Africa; and dozens of fatalities were reported during ongoing intercommunal violence in South Sudan and Ethiopia.
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Chad, President Idriss Deby Itno died from injuries sustained during clashes with Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) militants on the frontlines in Kanem region. Following his death, the Chadian constitution was suspended, the National Assembly was dissolved, and a Transitional Military Council, headed by Deby’s son, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, was established and took over the government (DW, 21 April 2021). Clashes between FACT and Chadian military forces continued throughout the week in western Ka