• TERMS OF USE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Sudans Post
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي
No Result
View All Result
Sudans Post
No Result
View All Result

S. Sudan security officers arrested in Uganda over sale of Pangolin – Ugandan media

by Sudans Post
February 19, 2020
File: Pangolin

AMURUT, UGANDA – wo top South Sudanese security officials have been arrested at Elegu Ugandan border post over sale of Pangolin worth sh30m. The suspects were arrested on Tuesday, trying to sell the mammal to a Ugandan Police officer attached to Amuru Police Post who disguised as a buyer.

The operation followed a week-long tracking of the shady dealings of the suspects by officials from the Natural Resources Conservation Network (NRCN).

The two have been identified as John Chol Malou Mayen, 42, a migration officer attached to Nimule in South Sudan and Lt Denus Arop Ochan Lotyang 38.

Sharon Okello, the NRCN public relations officer, told New Vision on Wednesday that the suspects were demanding for sh30m in exchange for the mammal. Pangolins, sometimes called scaly anteaters, are small mammals that are covered in tough, overlapping scales.

Poaching and habitat loss have made these little creatures critically endangered in some parts of the world, according to Okello.

While countries voted to ban the international trade in all species of pangolins at the 2016 meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Okello notes that they continue to be targeted in the hundreds of thousands by wildlife traffickers for the Asian market for their meat, which is consumed as a delicacy and their scales, which are believed to have medicinal properties.

“Trade in pangolin parts is a truly global problem. The remarkable creatures are in danger across both Asia and Africa,” she said.

Alfred Alumansi, the officer in charge of criminal investigations in Amuru district also confirmed the development. He said the duo are currently being detained at Amuru Police Station, awaiting prosecution.

According to Okello, huge illegal shipments of pangolin come from Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. Earlier last year, Singapore seized a shipment of 14.2 tonnes of pangolin scales, equivalent to around 36,000 animals, that originated from Nigeria and was headed to Vietnam.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sudans Post

Sudans Post is an independent, young, and grass roots news media organization aimed at providing readers with an alternate depiction of events that occur on Sudan, South Sudan and East Africa, and to establish an engaging social platform for readers to discover and discuss the various issues that impact the two countries and the region.

SUDANS POST

  • ABOUT US
  • Client Portal
  • Client Portal
  • CONTACT US
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • LoginPress
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
  • TERMS OF USE

RECENT NEWS

  • UAP South Sudan to cease operations amid legal, financial hurdles
  • Kiir directs new army chief to transform SSPDF into professional forces

SUBSCRIBE TO SUDANS POST

Get the news delivered right into your inbox and subscribe!

Loading
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE

Copyright © 2019–2025 Sudans Post - All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي

Copyright © 2019–2025 Sudans Post - All rights reserved.