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By Bonifacio Taban Kuich November 28, 2011 (BENTIU) - More than two hundred students who finished their 2010 secondary and primary education certificates were congratulated by the Mayom community on Saturday at an event in Bentiu, the capital of Unity state. Students of Mayom county attending the ceremony at Augustino Hall in Bentiu 27, Nov 2011 (Bonifacio Taban for Sudan Tribune)The celebration for the students from the troubled county was attended by Member of Parliaments, ministers and advisors and local chiefs. Mayom county has been affected the worst by continuing clashes between the national army (SPLA) and the South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) rebel movement in Unity state. The SSLA says it is fighting the South Sudanese state because of corruption and tribalism. Peter Dak Khan, the Unity state MP for Mayom said he appreciated the efforts of the students from the area in passing their exams. He said that the students leaving secondary school would now be able to apply to go to university. James Wuor Nhial, a student from Mayom county, urged the government to make it possible for students to study in Mayom and bring peace to the area. Peter Dak Khan briefing the media about Mayom students’ ceremony in Unity State 27, Nov 2011 (Bonifacio Taban for Sudan Tribune)“We are having a very big problem in Mayom, children, mother[s] and elder[ly people] are now dying" he said. The deaths of people in Mayom were a "surprise" and were causing a lot of "suffering" Nhial said. Students, he said, had found it hard to focus on studying when many were discovering that relatives had been killed in the fighting. It was also effecting relations between Mayom students and students from other counties in Unity state, Nhial said. He added that state and national government needed to find ways to end the rebellions in Unity state through a peaceful process and protect civilians. Local chiefs from Mayom county who attended the occasion urged the students to take education seriously, as it would help solve the problems of Unity state and Mayom in the long term. The chiefs called upon the government officials in Unity state to engage in peaceful dialogue and negotiations with those who had grievances. Many students in Mayom this year had not received the best learning compared to others years due to unrest conflicts in the area. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
