Government security forces regain control of Rumbek town after outsiders attempted to take control of the area.
Published On ۱۰ Oct ۲۰۲۶
Intercommunal clashes have killed ۷۱ people in South Sudan’s town of Rumbek, in Lakes State, the caretaker government said in a statement.
“According to initial security reports, approximately ۷۱ people were reportedly killed,” including four soldiers, the South Sudanese interim Ministry of Information said in a statement on Friday. The exact number of fatalities has yet to be verified.
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According to AFP, witnesses said a group of people from outside Rumbek tried to take control of the town and briefly succeeded. The attackers withdrew when police and military reinforcements arrived. Two witnesses said the fighting moved outside the city limits.
The government statement said, “Rumbek town is currently under the control of Government security forces, and efforts are ongoing to restore normalcy”.
The caretaker government strongly condemned the violence and urged all communities to “exercise maximum restraint and refrain from acts of retaliation that could further escalate tensions”.
Interim government
On September ۲۲, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir dissolved the transitional government, three months before the country’s first election since its independence in ۲۰۱۱. Kiir appointed a caretaker administration as the country prepares for its first-ever national elections.
His decree ended a power-sharing arrangement set up under a ۲۰۱۸ peace deal that halted a five-year civil war in which about ۴۰۰,۰۰۰ people were killed.
Intercommunal conflict has continued across South Sudan, resulting in multiple deadly clashes.
On September ۱۷, ۲۶ people were killed, and ۸۲ were injured during days of fighting in a disputed region on the border between South Sudan and Sudan.
In early March, intercommunal violence left at least ۱۶۹ people dead after dozens of armed men attacked a town.
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