{"id":81314,"date":"2025-08-14T10:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:03:48","slug":"akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Akobo County Blames Murle Youth for Violent Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Akobo County authorities have reported two incidents of armed violence in recent days, which they claim were carried out by armed youth from the Murle community. The Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) leadership, however, says it has not received any official reports of such attacks and cautions against \u201cpremature accusations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Akobo County Commissioner James Kueth Makuach said the first incident occurred on 8 August in Nyandit Payam, where an armed group allegedly wounded one man.<\/p>\n<p>He said a second incident took place between 10 and 11 August in Akobo West, where seven children were abducted. According to the commissioner, all seven were later rescued after community members confronted the attackers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese incidents threaten the stability and safety of our communities,\u201d Makuach said, calling on the Jonglei State and GPAA governments to take urgent measures to prevent further violence. He described the alleged attacks as deliberate attempts to destabilize the region and urged immediate intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner\u2019s remarks come amid longstanding tensions between communities in Jonglei State and the GPAA, which have seen cycles of cattle raids, abductions, and retaliatory violence over the years.<\/p>\n<p>However, GPAA Minister of Information Jacob Werchum Jok said his administration had not received any official reports regarding incidents in Akobo County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no information we have received about Murle youth attacking parts of Akobo County. The authorities from Jonglei State have not informed us,\u201d Werchum said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should first investigate where the attackers came from before accusing Murle youth, until it is confirmed that they are from Greater Pibor,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the governments of Jonglei State and the GPAA organized a three-day peace dialogue to promote reconciliation and prevent cross-border violence. Both sides have previously pledged to cooperate in addressing security challenges and building trust among communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Sudan<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. Akobo County authorities have reported two incidents of armed violence in recent days, which they claim were carried out by armed youth from the Murle community. The Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) leadership, however, says it has not received any official reports of such attacks and cautions against \u201cpremature accusations.\u201d Akobo County [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-81314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Akobo County Blames Murle Youth for Violent Attacks - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Akobo County authorities have reported two incidents of armed violence in recent days, which they claim were carried out ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Akobo County Blames Murle Youth for Violent Attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Akobo County authorities have reported two incidents of armed violence in recent days, which they claim were carried out ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T10:45:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T11:03:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/08\/sm_1755156787.698688.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Akobo County Blames Murle Youth for Violent Attacks\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-14T10:45:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-14T11:03:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/08\/sm_1755156787.698688.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/akobo-county-blames-murle-youth-for-violent-attacks\",\"name\":\"Akobo County Blames Murle Youth for Violent Attacks - 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