Authorities in the newly created Tonj State says SPLA soldiers exchanged gunshots with cattle rustlers. One raider was shot dead and three were wounded. A local radio station cited administrator James Ngoth Agai saying armed youths managed to run away with nine cows after exchanging gunshots with SPLA. He says three s…
Akec Tong Aleu, governor of the newly established Tonj State, which was carved out of Warrap State after President Salva Kiir issued orders dividing up the country into 28 states, has denied reports charging him with having employed relatives at the expense of other qualified people in the state. Akec described as “fa…
Community leaders and members of parliament at the Juba and state levels from Akop Payam in the newly created Tonj State have petitioned for the creation of five counties in the area. The assert that the area is vast and it deserves to be given more administrative units to allow proper management of the affairs of its…
Akec Tong Aleu, appointed governor of the proposed Tonj State in Warrap said in an interview Saturday that his priorities include ensuring sustainable peace, security, and reconciliation of local communities. Akec said his administration will approach development in 2016 in the spirit of “leaving no-one behind”. He re…
Appointed Tonj governor Akec Tong Aleu said Wednesday that Salva Kiir will not issue another order to reverse the creation of more states because it has already been approved the council of states. Akec said he returned to Tonj on Wednesday after consulting the president with the two other appointed Warrap governors f…
A national lawmaker on Wednesday alleged that some members of the South Sudan People’s Defence The post Parliament probes claims soldiers used military-issued weapons in Tonj conflict appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.
Community leaders and youth from Lou Ariik Mawien in the proposed Tonj state have issued a statement welcoming the appointment of Deng Majok as the first area commissioner. Lou Ariik County was created as a new county in the proposed Tonj state by governor Akec Tong Aleu. Deng is one of the 19 county commissioners rec…
Karlo Maluil Makuek, the newly appointed Akop County Commissioner in the controversial ‘Tonj State’, one of 28 successor states to the 10 constitutional states, has welcomed his appointment. Akop was one of the payams in Tonj North County which had nine payams in total, all of which have now been upgraded to the level…
Many public schools in South Sudan’s Tonj are closed due to teachers’ complaints over unpaid salaries, according to local sources. Several teachers told Radio Tamazuj from Tonj town that some public schools were closed because unpaid teachers have stopped giving lessons to students. “Here in Tonj only private schools …
Akec Tong Aleu, the governor of the proposed Tonj state, has issued an administrative order dividing up the area previously comprising three counties and expanded them to 19 counties in fulfillment of the presidential order approving creation of more administrative units. Governor Akec, according to the order which be…