Garamba park rangers shoot, arrest South Sudanese hunters

(Posted 23td June 2025)

Courtesy of African Elephant News

Radio Tamazuj (South Sudan), June 20, 2025

The local authorities in Western Equatoria State’s Ibba County have confirmed a cross-border incident in which seven South Sudanese hunters were arrested, and two were shot and injured after allegedly crossing into Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to hunt. Ibba County Commissioner Wilson Tetela Hassan told Radio Tamazuj that the incident happened last Saturday, 15th June, when a group of hunters from his jurisdiction crossed into DRC near the Lantoto-Garamba National Park border.

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