The government of Central Equatoria state has given a 72-hour ultimatum to all cattle keepers from Terekeka County to leave Juba and its environs in a bid to reduce recent intra-communal violence in Kworijik-Luri and Jebel Teman areas of Juba.

The state information minister Andruga Mabe Severino told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday that after an emergency security meeting on Monday, they resolved to also disarm civilians. 

"Our stand as a  government is that all these people and their cattle should evacuate the peripheries of the city within 72 hours. The governor has already given us the statement that all people holding guns, the guns must be apprehended by our security forces, all people engaged in combat should be advised to move away from the city," he said.

The fighting which started last week among Terekeka county communities living in Juba County was triggered by a revenge attack after a man was murdered on Monday last week. 

According to Mabe, about 30 people lost their lives and several other sustained injuries in the clashes.

"Our figure is official from the security committee meeting, it is about 30 casualties the people who lost lives in this incident. About the displacement, you know many of these people have relatives around the city in Juba here, some have joined their relatives and the few remaining are receiving some humanitarian support from the government where they already have a committee looking into this," he said. 

He added that Juba is now calm and security forces are working to secure the area. 

Terekeka County Commissioner James Lino told Radio Tamazuj yesterday that many people are still in the bushes and that the number of casualties and those displaced has not been confirmed.