Two South Sudan army soldiers kidnapped by Ugandan army

South Sudan and Uganda (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – Members of the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have kidnapped – inside South Sudan territory – two South Sudan army soldiers after claiming that they had crossed into Ugandan territory, residents in Nimule have said.

“Yesterday night, fifteen soldiers from Uganda crossed to South Sudan territory and they kidnapped two soldiers. They were telling us to leave because they said we are in their territory which I don’t think is true,” one resident said.

Another said that the two soldiers “were taken in a bad manner. Their guns were also confiscated by the Ugandan soldiers. We are really living in fear in our own country because Uganda is now claiming lands in South Sudan and the government in Juba is silent.”

Border issues between South Sudan and Ugandan have in recent days been alarming. In May, four South Sudanese soldiers were killed by the UPDF on the claim that they crossed into the Ugandan territory.

South Sudan’s army headquarters in Bilpam has dismissed the claim and said members of the Ugandan army crossed into South Sudan and that they killed the four members of the army inside South Sudan’s territory.

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