{"id":91663,"date":"2026-04-09T11:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:01:08","slug":"wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Officer Killed in Ambororo Attack Western Equatoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A wildlife officer has reportedly been killed following an attack by suspected Ambororo nomads in Moroko Payam of Ibba County, Western Equatoria State.<\/p>\n<p>A local resident, Jimmy Brown told Amadi TV that the victim, Justin Badis, was part of a team inspecting wildlife cameras to monitor elephant movements,<\/p>\n<p>Brown said the team came under fire on Wednesday while heading into the park.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Wilson Tetela, Commissioner of Ibba County, said the team included six wildlife officers, one national security officer, and a soldier from the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF).<\/p>\n<p>Tetela said the officers encountered a hunter who informed them that Ambororo were inside the park<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the herders claimed they were unaware the area was a protected park and agreed to leave the following day, adding that they reportedly offered seven goats or sheep as a gesture.<\/p>\n<p>Western Equatoria authorities had previously ordered Ambororo groups to leave the state due to rising insecurity and disruption to farming activities, but similar attacks have continued, leaving more than five people dead in recent months.<\/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. A wildlife officer has reportedly been killed following an attack by suspected Ambororo nomads in Moroko Payam of Ibba County, Western Equatoria State. A local resident, Jimmy Brown told Amadi TV that the victim, Justin Badis, was part of a team inspecting wildlife cameras to monitor elephant movements, Brown said the team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-91663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","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>Wildlife Officer Killed in Ambororo Attack Western Equatoria - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A wildlife officer has reportedly been killed following an attack by suspected Ambororo nomads in Moroko Payam of Ibba C ...\" \/>\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\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wildlife Officer Killed in Ambororo Attack Western Equatoria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A wildlife officer has reportedly been killed following an attack by suspected Ambororo nomads in Moroko Payam of Ibba C ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria\" \/>\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=\"2026-04-09T11:54:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T12:01:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/sm_1775723404.324969.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\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\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wildlife Officer Killed in Ambororo Attack Western Equatoria\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-09T11:54:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-09T12:01:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/sm_1775723404.324969.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/wildlife-officer-killed-in-ambororo-attack-western-equatoria\",\"name\":\"Wildlife Officer Killed in Ambororo Attack Western Equatoria - 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