Uganda media runs a false story, claims the recent Juba-Nimule Highway attack left 2 foreign nuns killed

Author: 211 Check editorial team

211 Check investigative findings have revealed that a prominent Uganda news outlet ran a misleading story, claiming the Monday attack along South Sudan’s major highway left two Ugandan reverends sisters killed. 

According to a story published by renowned Daily Monitor on Tuesday, August 17, which was also published by Ugandan Catholics Online, at least two Ugandan nuns were killed in the road ambush attack on Juba-Nimule on Monday this week.

Daily monitor identified the deceased sisters as Sr. Mary Aboud and a Sr Regina – identifications that are accurate as per our findings. 

The media went on to claim that the two reverend sisters were Ugandan nationals – a report 211 Check identified as false. 

Facts about the late nuns

Fact no1: According to continental Association for Catholic Information in Africa (ACIA), two Catholic nuns were among the five nationals killed in the Monday road. ACIA identified them as South Sudanese Catholic citizens, not Ugandan nationals as claimed by the Daily Monitor. 

Fact no2: South Sudan’s Superior General of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Secretary General of the Juba Archdiocese confirmed the deaths of Sr. Mary Daniel Abut and Sr. Regina Roba. The two authorities did not identify the late nuns as Ugandans.

Fact no3: The Independent Catholic News (ICN) mentioned that the murdered nuns were South Sudanese. 

Fact no4: As per South Sudan’s National Police Spokesperson – Gen. Daniel Justine, two nuns killed during the attack are South Sudanese, not Ugandans.

“It is not true that the two sisters who were killed were Ugandans. They are South Sudanese, according to the Catholic Church. So any other story is false,” said police Daniel told 211 Check on Tuesday.

Conclusion: The four facts can easily state that the deceased nuns were South Sudanese nationals, not Ugandans as stated by Daily Monitor. 

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