The police in Uganda’s West Nile Region are probing the suspected murder of a South Sudanese national, Michael Drabuga, 50, whose body was discovered along the Adjumani–Moyo Road on Monday morning.
Adjumani and other districts in West Nile host hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese refugees.
According to sources, the deceased, a resident of Rassia West Village in Marindi Parish, Pachara, in Adjumani, left home on Sunday night at around 10 p.m. to go to a bar in the neighborhood. His body was found by residents the next morning.
A homicide team visited the scene and later transferred the body to Adjumani General Hospital for a postmortem examination, which revealed multiple injuries, including a broken rib, consistent with an assault.
“The postmortem examination revealed evidence of assault, indicating that this was a murder,” Asea Collins, the North West Nile Regional Police spokesperson, told journalists. “We have opened investigations to identify and apprehend the suspect or suspects responsible. Inquiries are still ongoing, and we urge the public to volunteer any useful information.”
The body was handed over to the family for burial.
This is the latest in deadly incidents affecting South Sudanese in Uganda’s northwestern region.
In August 2025, Faima Chetima, 34, a South Sudanese refugee living in village five of Bidibidi Zone Five Settlement in Yumbe District, was found dead by the roadside in Buya Village, Oluba Parish, Odravu West Sub-county.
In July 2025, a South Sudanese refugee, Nema Onyiyo, 35, was killed, and another, Lilious Pasi, was injured when soil collapsed on them at an illegal mining site in Imvepi Refugee Settlement, Odupi Sub-county, Terego District.
“These incidents highlight the vulnerability of South Sudanese nationals in refugee settlements and border districts.” Asea stated.