Hundreds of people have been displaced from their homes in Mundri West County in Western Equatoria State after a dispute with migrant cattle keepers, according to a county official.

“Cattle keepers have taken the village of Kozoro,” Mundri West County commissioner, Lexon Maburuk, said on Radio Miraya.

“720 individuals reported they were displaced from Kozoro and they took refuge to Biti Boma and most of them are women and children.” 

“We don’t how many people are displaced in Kulundu and Lakamadi and in Amadi. The community reported that there is shooting of guns in the village where they deserted,” added the county executive. 

Radio Miraya also reports that the Speaker of Western Equatoria State Legislative Assembly, Bage James, has condemned the destruction of farms caused by the cattle keepers.

He is calling for peaceful resolution to the growing tensions between the farmers and the cattle keepers.

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