W. Equatoria governor urges more international pressure on Khartoum over Abyei Article Comments (8) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
June 9,2011 (TOMBURA) - The governor of Western Equatoria state Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro has called on the International Community to put more pressure on the Khartoum government over the ongoing crisis in Abyei and southern Kordofan state. Governor Bakosoro addressing Abyei rally in Washington DC on 4 June 2011 (ST) The governor made this remark while addressing Abyei Ngog communities in Unites States during peaceful protest in Washington DC at Freedom plaza on Saturday June 4, 2011. The governor said the people of Southern Sudan stand in solidarity with the people of Abyei, Southern Kordafon and Blue Nile, and called for "peace throughout Sudan in light of the upcoming July 9th independence of South Sudan". The governor urged the United States government and the international community to put pressure on Khartoum to respect the terms of the comprehensive peace agreement (CPA), as the way forward. Abyei Ngok Community in the US in collaboration with South Kordofan/Nuba Mountains Communities organized a peaceful demonstration at the Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C on Saturday June 4th,2011. The rally condemned what the organizers termed as "inhuman acts of aggression by Sudan’s National Congress Party(NCP) and its military wing the Sudan Armed Forces, by invading, looting and burning the town of Abyei, after killing many innocent civilians, a criminal act that resulted in the displacement of thousands of women and children from their homes and area all together." In related development Bakosoro also met USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator bureau for Africa Raja Jandhyala in Washington, DC- on Friday June 3, 2011 to brief her on USAID sponsored projects in the South—especially in Western Equatoria in Road constructions- The governor said there is a need to open more feeder roads in the state to stimulate commerce and economic growth and as one way of minimizing insecurity. During the meeting they discussed a broad range of issues on the prospects for peace and development as South Sudan will soon become Africa’s and the world’s newest nation. Raja assured the Governor of continued US diplomatic effort to ensure that "the Abyei conflict is resolved before July 9th2011". They also discussed power distribution based on centralization and decentralization system of power. Speaking on Sudan in Focus program from the Voice of America on Friday Bakosoro disclosed that Western Equatoria has never been relying on relief ever since but the LRA has destabilized the economic activities of the state. "We used to produce a lot of food during the war, but since 2005, the LRA rebels have displaced over 25 thousand local communities from their farm land into camps in the town centers," decried the governor. The governor is US on special invitation by the Western Equatoria communities Associations and the Western Equatoria council of elders to discuss the development and investment of the state after the independence of south Sudan in July 2011. Other accompanying officials include the state minister of Physical infrastructure and public utilities Batrus Magaya and the State Minister of Social Development Norma Fadul. (ST) -- 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.
