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Authorities rescue, return abducted herders to Kenya

Herders with their cattle. [File, Standard] 

Authorities in South Sudan have rescued and brought back two Kenyan herders abducted by suspected Toposa militants at Natumamong in Lokichoggio, Turkana County, on Wednesday.

The two, including an eight-year-old boy, were herding their animals when they were ambushed by the heavily armed raiders who also took away 125 goats, 11 donkeys, and sheep, and headed towards South Sudan.

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