---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Ashworth <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:26 AM Subject: [sudan-john-ashworth] Fw: Nuba updates To: Group <[email protected]>
Text inside quotation marks "" is verbatim. 1. From Kauda, 22/06/11 "we were attacked and bombed 30 minutes a go by the Antinov. One woman killed! her name is Zainab, two men with serious injuries, other two minor injured and also two kids were injured, all civilians, we still to confirm the total number of casualties as they were rushed quickly to the hospital many of them before we arrived." This message arrived with a photo of the dead woman which I prefer not to circulate. 2. "Also report of bomb falling on house in Um Serdiba (not sure when) - 5 dead - mother and 3 children + Arab teacher - in Um Serdiba." 3. Sources on the ground confirm that government security agents removed UNMIS Nuba staff from an UNMIS flight to Wau and detained a number of them. Sources suggest that there is a list of other Nuba staff who are still being hunted. Names have been provided. See 5 below. 4. "Incidences of rape is said to be on the increase since the Nuba Mountains crisis began on 5th June. Due to cultural influence in the area, reporting and speaking about on-going rape by SAF is a taboo. On 15th June 2011 7 women were taken from sheeir camp and raped by SAF and its allied forces inside Kadugli town. They were lured by the soldiers who pretended that the women were going to help them cook food and boil tea. The rapes took place at the government houses previously occupied by SPLM ministers and parliamentarians. Now SAF is occupying them and using them for various activities. On 17th June 3 women were taken and raped at different places inside Kadugli. There are reports of rapes in Kweik locality (county) were many IDPs took refuge. Some of the women spoke sorrowfully and are traumatized." 5. Sudan army arrests six UN staff KHARTOUM, SUDAN - Jun 22 2011 19:31 Mail and Guardian Sudanese troops arrested six UN staff of southern origin as they were being relocated from the flashpoint northern state of South Kordofan on Wednesday, the world body said. The arrests came amid heavy fighting in the ethnically divided border state, where the conflict between government forces and troops aligned to the south has threatened to torpedo a 2005 peace deal that is set to deliver independence for the south on July 9. The six men detained at the airport in the state capital Kadugli were among 23 Sudanese UN staff being flown to the southern city of Wau as part of the relocation plan of the beleaguered UN Mission in Sudan (Unmis). "Unmis strongly condemns the arbitrary arrests by the SAF [Sudanese Armed Forces -- the northern army] of six UN national staff who were departing from Kadugli airport to Wau," Unmis spokesperson Kouider Zerrouk said. "As per the Status of Forces Agreement [Sofa] and other agreements, Unmis requests the immediate release of UN staff, pending the presentation by the authorities to the mission of evidence of illegal activities as claimed by the SAF," he added. "The parties to the conflict must uphold their commitment to protect civilians and ensure the freedom of movement of all UN staff, regardless of their origins, or ethnic or political affiliations." Earlier on Wednesday, US President Barack Obama called for an immediate ceasefire in South Kordofan, where he described the situation as "dire". Sudanese church leaders and activists say the northern army's campaign forms part of a government policy of ethnic cleansing, targeting the state's indigenous Nuba peoples who fought with the SPLA during the 1983-2005 civil war. Khartoum strongly rejects allegations of ethnic cleansing and insists it is protecting civilians in South Kordofan, the north's only oil producing state. The conflict, which has displaced more than 70 000 people, is the second along the north-south border in the run-up to southern independence. On May 21, northern troops occupied the contested Abyei district, which had special status under the 2005 peace agreement, prompting some 113 000 residents to flee south. -- AFP http://mg.co.za/article/2011-06-22-sudan-army-arrests-six-un-staff END5 ______________________ John Ashworth Sudan Advisor [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +249 919 695 362 (Sudan mobile) +27 82 853 3556 (South Africa mobile) +44 750 304 1790 (UK/international) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation -- The content of this message does not necessarily reflect John Ashworth's views. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, John Ashworth is not the author of the content and the source is always cited. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudan-john-ashworth" group. 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