Jonglei state, South Sudan: 15,000 civilians seeking relocation
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By John Actually
May 19, 2011 (BOR) - 15,000 residents of Kaldak village of Pigi
county, Jonglei state have asked the state government to transfer them
to Ayod county, following conflict between the South Sudanese army and
rebel Gabriel Tanginya’s forces that destroyed their village in April
2011.
In a visit to Pigi county by state officials on 18 May the County
Commissioner, James Aleu Majak, expressed the needs and requisitions
of the his people in Kaldak, saying the he has 15,000 people who need
to be transferred to Ayod county due to the conflict with the renegade
leader.
The team included the state law enforcement minister, Gabriel Duop,
minister of health, Rhodenta Ayen, three MPs, UN officials.
Aleu said the village is polluted with the smell of unburied bodies of
soldiers killed in the conflict in April and there is a danger of
disease as the rainy season approaches. He asked the state government
to provide vehicles, temporary shelters, food and medicines and to
facilitate relocation. He said he had asked the International Rescue
Committee (IRC) in Malakal to help them bury the bodies, which began
on 12 May.
The minster of law enforcement, Duop Lam, and the minister of health,
Rhodenta Ayen, said they will present the requisition for action to
the state council of ministers on 20 May.
Gabriel Tanyinga, otherwise known as Tang-Ginye, (Long Pipe) is a
member of the Nuer ethnic group from Fangak county, Jonglei state. His
militias fought against the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) and its
army, since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed in
2005.
Tanginya and his forces ended their rebellion and joined with the
Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA).
The reintegration process was interrupted by conflict in April 2011 in
Kaldak where his forces where stationed for reintegration. More than
60 civilians and 200 soldiers were killed in the clashes.
Tanginya, who tried to escape, eventually surrendered himself to the
SPLA barracks in Kaldak where he was flown to South Sudan’s capital,
Juba. He is now under house arrest in Juba waiting for the military
justice system to bring charges against him.
(ST)
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