Lawmakers summon security chiefs over greater Tonj violence
South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) has summoned the ministers of defence and interior, along with the governor of Warrap State, to explain the deteriorating security situation in the Greater Tonj area following a surge in deadly intercommunal violence. The decision was reached during Wednesday’s parliamentary sitting after Warrap State lawmaker Kornelio Mawien Dhor […]
Balanda community urges gov’t to probe killing of lawmaker
Balanda community in Tombura County, Western Equatoria State has called on the government to investigate the killing of a state member of parliament who was shot by unidentified gunmen on Thursday. In a statement signed by Eddy Ukele Gumasi, Balanda community chairperson, lawmaker Cross Bazia was ambushed and fatally shot while traveling to his farm […]
