Ceasefire monitoring team finally reach S. Sudan’s Yei town ArticleComments (3)EmailPrintSave
November 30, 2016 (JUBA) - The IGAD joint ceasefire monitoring mechanism announced the arrival of its team to the troubled Yei town in Central Equatoria were reports mention about insecurity and grave human rights violations. The South Sudanese army (SPLA) has been attempting to quell a rebellion led by former vice-president Riek Machar since December 2013 (AFP) Last Monday, South Sudanese security forces prevented a CTSAMM team had been prevented from travelling to Yei to assess the security situation there after reports about clashes between armed groups and the government forces but also attacks on civilians. At the time, the CTSAMM said the incident took place while had obtained the needed authorisations and informed all the concerned authorities, including the Joint Military Ceasefire Commission. "The CTSAMM team have now successfully carried out their journey and reached Yei Town today, the 30th November, 2016. The team will now undertake a five day mission in the area," said a short communiqué extended to Sudan Tribune on Wednesday. The monitoring mission added the move came after "after multiple discussions between the CTSAMM leadership and the authorities". South Sudanese authorities often speak about unilateral decision by officers on the ground, and point it was not a deliberate act. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence- No inappropriate or offensive language- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks- No deviation from the topic of the article- No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible commentsDue to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to comm...@sudantribune.com Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. 1 DECEMBER 07:18, BY choldit How can igad call it a ceasefire team for south Sudan peace while the igad dismissed the SPLA io team member. How can u assess the SPLA io area while their igad team is made up of govt and igad members from other ciuntries not including SPLA ii. REPONDRE MESSAGE 1 DECEMBER 09:26, BY Augustino Meaningless comment, check your spelling first. REPONDRE MESSAGE 1 DECEMBER 11:44, BY Rami Tot you are correct Choldit, IGAD is made up of government representative only you can not differentiate between STD IO members with that of KIIR and they should not be allowed to visit SPLA IO areas because it is not the SPLA STD and SPLA IG fighting there in greater Equotoria region let us be clear on that point, we will arest them if they ever dare to come to our areas as they do to our comrad REPONDRE MESSAGE -- To post to this group, send email to southsudankob@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to SouthSudanKob@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooB9%2BoT6UP7tfUYkTz5pZAwJ__hH%2B82mUnZJwaunbLEqg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
