{"id":12190,"date":"2022-03-08T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T16:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/unity-state-7-dead-11-injured-as-herders-clash-with-sudanese-nomads"},"modified":"2022-03-08T17:23:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T17:23:07","slug":"unity-state-7-dead-11-injured-as-herders-clash-with-sudanese-nomads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/unity-state-7-dead-11-injured-as-herders-clash-with-sudanese-nomads","title":{"rendered":"Unity State: 7 dead, 11 injured as herders clash with Sudanese nomads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Local authorities in Unity State said South Sudanese cattle herders and Sudanese pastoralists clashed on Sunday leaving seven people dead and 11 others wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The clashes occurred in the Payang-gai cattle camp in the northern part of the state bordering Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>The state minister of culture, youth, and sports who is also the acting information minister, David Gai Jiejor, told Radio Tamazuj Monday that the local herders were attacked by the Sudanese nomadic pastoralists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were clashes on Sunday between our youth from Rubkona County and the Omran community from Sudan and they fought yesterday (Sunday) in the northern part of Unity State in the grazing area of Payang-gai,\u201d Minister Gai said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that seven people were killed and 11 others injured from among the local youth but that all the cattle raided were recovered and that the situation was now calm. He advised the youth to remain alert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the government of Unity State, our position is to make sure that our neighboring states are living in a conducive environment and we have to work hard to make sure that insecurity is not created among our youth at the border,\u201d Minster Gai said. \u201cUnder the directive of the state government, we will advise our youth to move to other areas to make sure the situation with the Arab nomads is normalized along the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Radio Tamazuj&#8217;s attempts to reach the Sudanese pastoralists were futile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. Local authorities in Unity State said South Sudanese cattle herders and Sudanese pastoralists clashed on Sunday leaving seven people dead and 11 others wounded. The clashes occurred in the Payang-gai cattle camp in the northern part of the state bordering Sudan. 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