At least 28 people have been killed and 20 injured during a cattle raid in South Sudan.
The attackers have also stolen around 3000 cattle in Northern Liech state, South Sudan Information Minister Lam Tunguar told German news agency dpa.
Children were among the victims in the Friday night raid, and several of the injured were being treated for gunshot wounds in a hospital in the state capital Bentiu.
Despite a peace deal brokered last year, cattle rustling has continued unabated in the troubled country.
Cattle raiding has occurred for centuries in the region and children are sometimes also abducted during raids, to be used as domestic slaves.
Newer articles:
- Khartoum lets Netanyahu’s plane fly over South Sudan, in first for Israel - 21/01/2019 03:22
- Nigerian firm set to develop South Sudan power sector - 21/01/2019 02:47
- Feature: South Sudanese youth find solace in martial arts - 20/01/2019 05:55
- South Sudan pins hopes on peace deal - 19/01/2019 17:47
- 'Not afraid of the government': One month of protests in Sudan - 19/01/2019 10:37
Older news items
- Omar al-Bashir exploited Sudan’s ethnic division for decades. Now Sudan is united against him. - 19/01/2019 05:22
- NAS rebels say government prepares for new attacks in South Sudan’s Equatoria - 19/01/2019 03:03
- Kiir asks Egypt to mobilize regional, international support for S. Sudan’s peace - 19/01/2019 01:36
- PASTORS PERSPECTIVE: God is doing a ‘New Thing’ in South Sudan and SE Minnesota - 18/01/2019 23:15
- South Sudan resume phased oil production in northern region - 18/01/2019 21:35
Latest news items (all categories):
- UN experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion oil-backed loan from a UAE company - 18/05/2024 11:54
- DRC, South Sudan units top Equity’s earnings in first quarter - 18/05/2024 11:49
- Innuendos and tittle tattle of Kiir's regime - 18/05/2024 11:44
- South Sudan government, rebel groups sign pact to achieve lasting peace - 18/05/2024 09:58
- إلى متى ينظر الجميع إلى الفيل و يطعنون ظله..؟ - 15/05/2024 21:51
Random articles (all categories):
- SNAP ANALYSIS-Risks remain after Sudan's Abyei ruling - 22/07/2009 22:06
- South Sudanese Regulator Accuses Media of Bias - 20/01/2018 02:02
- Oh! Mother Africa, Why is there only one children's hospital in the Republic of South Sudan? - 06/01/2020 05:17
- Let embrace Peace and Unity to the People of South Sudan (Part 1) - 16/06/2020 13:59
- Deadline looms for South Sudan's peace deal terms - 10/02/2019 13:11
Popular articles:
- Who is the darkest person in the world, according to Guinness World Record? - 25/10/2022 02:34 - Read 35988 times
- No oil in troubled waters - 25/03/2014 15:02 - Read 21878 times
- School exam results in South Sudan show decline - 01/04/2012 17:58 - Read 20771 times
- NDSU student from South Sudan receives scholarship - In-Forum - 29/09/2012 01:44 - Read 17483 times
- With prisons full, South Sudan to introduce mobile courts to clear backlog of cases - 11/10/2012 11:29 - Read 14243 times