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.
The Late Sultan Ismail Konyi, former Boma State Governor
Sultan Ismail Konyi, the former governor of the now-defunct Boma State and a prominent Murle chief died early this morning in Juba after a long illness.
Lokali Amae, a Member of Parliament representing Boma County, told Radio Tamazuj earlier today that Sultan Ismail Kony has been sick for some time and had earlier this year sought medical treatment in Khartoum, Sudan.
“In the recent past we took him to Khartoum for treatment and he came back and fell sick again and his hands and legs were swollen and itching,” MP Lokali explained. “We again took him to the hospital the day before yesterday and he was discharged. We again took him back to a clinic in Hai Mouna at around 6 pm because he was breathing with difficulty and he was supposed to be put on oxygen but he refused.”