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Unknown animal bit 17 people in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State

Seventeen people have been bitten by an unidentified animal in separate incidents across Aweil West and North counties over the weekend.

Col. Atak Wol Kiir, police inspector in Udhum Payam, told the media that communities reported over the weekend that an unknown animal, believed to be a fox, has been disturbing the area.

“There is an unknown animal disturbing the communities. At first, some women were walking back home late from the market day. Upon reaching the swampy area, the animal attacked them. Some suspect it was a fox; it attacked them, and so far, seventeen have been recorded as having been bitten by the animal,” Kiir told journalists.

He expressed that the incident has occurred on several occasions; however, none was reported dead.

Witness says Riek Machar directed tank distribution after Nasir attack

A prosecution witness told a special court in Juba that First Vice President Riek Machar ordered the distribution of four government military tanks to SPLA-IO forces and allied White Army militias after the March 2025 attack on the SSPDF garrison in Nasir County.

Sgt. Mayen Kuol Chan, a bodyguard to the late Lt. Gen. David Majur Dak, testified that Machar phoned Majur after the attack and directed that one tank be given to SPLA-IO and three to specific Jikany Nuer sub-clans. He said Machar also assured Majur and his guards of safe evacuation by U.N. helicopters.

Kuol told the court that on March 7, SPLA-IO commander Brig. Gen. Koang Mayom took the tanks and ordered Majur to surrender his pistol and radio. When U.N. helicopters later arrived, SPLA-IO officers carrying the wounded general allegedly dropped him and opened fire, killing Majur Dak.

Kuol said he was later captured by White Army fighters and released after his family paid a $6,000 ransom.

The case resumes on January 7 for cross-examination.

Machar and seven others face charges including murder, treason, terrorism and crimes against humanity over the Nasir attack, in which prosecutors say 257 SSPDF soldiers were killed and military equipment worth $58 million destroyed or seized.