Border and Oil War: Preventing a holocaust BY: Wal Thok Duoth, RSS MAY 6/2012, SSN; The clashes that we are witnessing between Republic of South Sudan and Sudan are early indications that the two countries will not be good neighbors’ because of the hostile policy played by Government in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, for the reasons they understood better. The core of all these border clashes are driven by Khartoum's interest in subduing every border town which is rich or they thought to be rich in mineral or natural resources, starting from Western Bhar El ghazal State to Upper Nile State.
Therefore, the International Community should be careful in this murky situation because we know this part of the world more than you do. When we come to the status of Panthou (Heglig) the truth can be revealed through the inhabitants who are mainly from Nuer and Dinka, this town is part and partial of South Sudan per colonial 1956 British demarcated border line, therefore this is time for the British to come in by providing historical details on where exactly the border lies. I personally know the British may fear that its bilateral relation with Sudan will get damaged, but the truth must come out victorious. In this case Panthou and other contested areas are deeply found inside the now Republic of South Sudan. Therefore, there is no justification for someone like UN Secretary General describing South Sudan Army SPLA as illegal occupier as a matter of fact he cannot point where the border lies, this should be very clear that we have tangible documents supporting our claims. This is a fact that should be clearly understand by UN-SG that we don’t claim it because of its richness in natural resources like Khartoum government does. Is not only Panthou and Karesana alone which are being disputed, and to mention a few more of these which are Kafia Kingi, Hofra Nahas, Meirem, Magenese Wunthou, etc. However, for the International Community to turn a blind eye on the reality of the situation is disappointing to the Government and people of Republic of South Sudan, because our hope was that the World will be cautious about Khartoum's Claims. The world should also know that beginning from the independence of the old Sudan in 1956 up to our independence in 2011, Khartoum’s government forcefully annexed many areas along the colonial demarcated border line specifically at the Northern part of our frontier where our countries definitely met. This should be very clear as the world must bear in mind that our claims of those areas aren't based on the resources- (oil)- to tell the truth unlike the people in Khartoum government who claim the land because of the resources ambition. However, as a ordinary citizen in this country, I must say it loud and clear that we are failing the diplomatic war, because the false propaganda being displayed by Khartoum government is deceiving the Continent and the world Community as you all know that they have their envoys in both AU and UN. While we are just watching thinking that the world around us will definitely know the truth of the situation, forgetting that they have little or poor information on our border issues, I will encourage quick deployment of South Sudan’s envoys to every influential corner of this planet earth so that we are able to advocate our rights in the world’s governing systems. Now Sudan has declared the state of emergency in the states bordering South Sudan, this will be an excuse to give a greenlight to the Sudan security forces to arrest, torture and ultimately murder specifically our compatriots who are at Kosti river port waiting to come home to South Sudan. I call upon the United Nations Security Council to provide International protection forces to the South Sudanese Nationals who are at risk of underground planned massacre in Kosti by Sudan government. UNSC should provide those temporary forces to escort these people to South Sudan town of Renk without wasting time, otherwise eminent threat is at hands as we are talking. However, UNSC should know that this is an indicted regime which does not fear indictment anymore, don’t wait and later talk about people who had been kills, the time is now. I also call upon my Government, the Government of Republic of South Sudan to exhaust all efforts to talk to friends and well wishers of people of South Sudan to get these people out of Kosti to prevent holocaust happening once more on this part of the planet Earth, therefore, it should be taken seriously as a matter of fact. And lastly, I encourage the parties involved in the fighting to avoid an all out war and make a peaceful approach to these issues so that we once more embark on the development of our two sovereign neighboring countries. And may God Bless the People of Republic of South Sudan. BY: WAL THOK DUOTH The author can be reach through the below Email; [email protected] COMMENTS, PLEASE CLICK HERE Disclaimer: The views expressed above are solely those of the author(s) and do not represent those of the website. -- 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.
