Yirol And Mvolo Counties To End Violence Lakes State Government has accused Western Equatoria State having failed to provide equal protection for citizens (farmers and pastoralist) involved in the 17days long clashes. 31 March 2011 Yirol And Mvolo Counties To End Violence A displaced woman with her child at Mapuordit, Lakes State [©Gurtong]
By Manyang Mayom RUMBEK, 30th March, 2011 [Gurtong] - Lakes State Government has accused Western Equatoria State Government having failed to provide equal protection for citizens (farmers and pastoralist) involved in the 17days long clashes. The Lakes State Government security advisor said that Western Equatoria declined on several security issues by not responding to the civil unrest for long. He claimed that the police force deployed by Western Equatoria State Government, WES, took sides with fighters in Mapuordit. Yirol West County of Lakes State particularly Mapuordit payam and Western Equatoria have engaged in a brutal ethnic battle and destruction of property for the last 17 days but are now ready to embrace dialogue. Gurtong visited the displaced camps of Mapuordit that is currently under tight security of Lakes State Government and Comboni Missionary to report on the extent of destruction. Since the clashes began, the United Nation mission in Sudan (UNMIS), Lakes State Government security advisor and catholic bishop held a joint visit on to the conflict zone and found more than 500 households displaced by attackers from Mvolo County of Western Equatoria. All Internally displaced people staying in the Mapuordit catholic mission hospital where Lakes State government had provided full security to admitted patients. Bishop Mazzolari said, “There is a belief among the people that their political and cultural leaders are willing to give a chance to dialogue in a search of a way to end the ethnic conflict that has left dozens killed, thousands displaced and many more traumatized.” However, Lakes state government had appeal for humanitarian assistant, to the people of Yirol West County who are affected by clashes. Food, tents, plastic-sheet, blankets, medicine and tools are urgently needed. “Over 5,000 thousand individuals have been displaced in the area around Mapuordit, Yirol West County and with the schools set to reopen next Wednesday, urgent measures need to be taken to provide shelter to the displaced people who are currently staying at the schools and seminary premises at Mapuordit,” said the Lakes State security advisor. The Lakes State Govonor Hon. Chol Tong Mayay said that those who died from Western Equatoria and Yirol West were his people and was not ready to lose them because of failure in Western Equatoria. “Lakes State and Western Equatoria are one people – one government system – one constitution and no need to involve people into native skirmishes,” said Mayay. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
