he police spokesperson in Western Bahr el Ghazal State has said normalcy has returned to Raja County’s Boro-Madina mining town after the recent violence that clamed life of two people.
Last week, violence erupted at a Boro-Madina gold mining site involving South Sudanese and Sudanese nationals after the killing of a South Sudanese boda-boda rider by Sudanese nationals.
Western Bahr el Ghazal State police spokesperson Lt. Col. Santino Odul Mayen told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday that security forces have contained the situation and that normal business activities have resumed.
“On Saturday, 13 June 2026, a boda-boda rider identified as Achor Abanga was carrying two Darfurians from Boro-Madina to a place called 14 minutes,” he said. “Before reaching the location, the two passengers stopped him and stabbed him, and they took the motorbike.”
Oduol said the rider was found by pedestrians who rushed him to Raja Hospital for treatment, but unfortunately, he died along the way.
He said the death riled South Sudanese at the mining and that they wanted to retaliate, but the situation was contained by the authorities.
“The following day on Sunday, the South Sudanese community residing in Boro-Madina acted in a retaliatory manner, attacking the Sudanese nationals in Boro-Madina, leading to the injury of 17 people, including two South Sudanese,” Oduol said. “On Monday morning, one Sudanese national who was among the 17 wounded passed on before reaching Raja Hospital for treatment. During the incident, the police and other security organs responded swiftly.”
“Traders have opened their businesses, and all the residents of Boro-Madina have returned to their normal duties while the police have opened a case at Raja Police Station and the intensive search for the culprits is ongoing,” he added.
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