Local authorities in Uror County of Jonglei State have appealed for the provision of access to clean drinking water through the drilling of more boreholes, as the county recorded a new case of Guinea Worm Disease (GWD).
Authorities in Uror County of Jonglei State have held a peace rally to disseminate peace among local populations, amidst reports of the deteriorating security situation there.
Two traders injured as gunmen attack vehicles in Jonglei
Two traders were wounded on the outskirts of Uror County of Jonglei State when gunmen attacked three commercial vehicles on Wednesday, the county commissioner and police said.
“Those traders left the county headquarters, Yuai for Juba to get goods before the Uror-Bor road is cut off by the rains. After reaching Gadiang, some armed bandits attacked them and sprayed bullets on three vehicles, injuring two traders,” Tang Chatim, the commissioner of Uror County, told Radio Tamazuj on Friday.
Separately, Commissioner Chatim said: “Also, on the same day in the evening, Koat cattle camp in Pieri Payam was attacked. 79 cows were stolen but no one was killed. I appeal to my Pibor counterparts to recover the stolen animals.”
Uror: Herdsman killed during cattle raid, 100 cows recovered
A herdsman was killed and about 130 cows stolen during a raid in Uror County, Jonglei State were recovered last Wednesday evening, a local official said.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, on Friday Tang Chatim, the Uror County commissioner, said, “A cattle camp in the Paluony area of Pieri Payam was attacked by an armed youth group on Wednesday evening. A camp youth leader was killed on the spot and 130 cows raided, but those stolen animals were later recovered by our local youth.”
The local official pointed out that the county is calm despite the incident and called on armed Pibor bandits, whom he accused of the attack, to desist from cattle raids.
Over 250 head of cattle were stolen during a raid by a group of armed bandits in Pieri Payam, Uror County of Jonglei State over the weekend, local authorities said.