---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Ashworth <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:29 AM Subject: [sudan-john-ashworth] 'Yau Yau Not Behind Deadly Jonglei Attacks' To: Group <[email protected]>
Once again an indication of how complex the situation in Jonglei is. Too many victims, protagonists and observers tend to view it too simplistically. Accusations and rumours fly in all directions, which is hardly conducive to peace and reconciliation. In fact it is now a complicated inter-related mix of conflicts: between a rebel group and the government, youth raiding cattle, tension between various tribes, political rivalries, human rights abuses by all parties, revenge, communities taking the law into their own hands in the absence of the rule of law... and probably other factors. John BEGIN S. Sudan Bishop Says Yau Yau Not Behind Deadly Jonglei Attacks Lucy Poni VOA Last updated on: November 18, 2013 10:11 AM JUBA — A retired Roman Catholic bishop in South Sudan who is leading an effort to get rebel leader David Yau Yau to lay down arms has voiced doubt that insurgents led by Yau Yau were behind deadly cattle raids in Jonglei state last month. Taban instead blamed out-of-control youths in the restive state, saying neither Yau Yau nor the government of South Sudan is able to keep them under control because "they are too many." The retired bishop, whom President Salva Kiir appointed to head a delegation tasked with engaging Yau Yau in peace talks, also said the rebel leader has not clashed with government forces in the past few months. “From the time we started talking, now three months, there is no attack between the SPLA and Yau Yau. There is no fighting," Taban said. Yau Yau has denied that the attack last month in Twic East County, in which officials have said 79 people were killed, 20 children abducted, and some 25,000 head of cattle rustled, was carried out by members of his rebel group. But some lawmakers in Jonglei state remain convinced that the rebel leader was behind the attacks and have introduced a motion in parliament calling on Kiir to revoke an amnesty offer he made to Yau Yau in July. A former student of theology, Yau Yau first rebelled against the government in 2010 after failing to win a seat in the Jonglei state parliament. The following year, he accepted an offer of amnesty from Kiir and returned to Juba, but later defected and resumed his rebellion in 2012. http://www.voanews.com/content/south-sudan-bishop-yau-yau-not-behind-deadly-jonglei-attacks/1792514.html END ______________________ John Ashworth Sudan, South Sudan Advisor [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +211 919 695 362 (South Sudan mobile) +27 79 832 8834 (South Africa mobile) +44 750 304 1790 (UK/international) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) PO Box 52662 - 00100, 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. 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.co.za/group/sudan-john-ashworth --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudan-john-ashworth" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ootK6A9KS3oghkpVc%3DqLXodLemfqqokHGOYeM-CvXDu5w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
