Fighting Erupts In Unity State’s Mayom County Heavy fighting has been reported in Mayom County, in the oil rich Unity State, after the South Sudan army forces launched an attack to retake the town after it was captured by rebels allied to former vice president Dr Riek Machar last week. 30 December 2013
By Luk Riek Nyak BENTIU, 30 December 2013 (Gurtong) – The Unity State interim government security coordinator Major John Bol Mayak said that the South Sudan army force led by Major General Puol Jang Top launched the attack but were dislodged. There was no information from the government side on the planned attack. The oil production at Unity State oil fields had been halted last week as the technical teams working in the fields have been evacuated. Oil production accounts for more than 95 percent of the country's economy, and the sector has been affected with oil companies also flying out their employees after the death of some oil workers. Petroleum companies started pulling out staff from oil-rich Unity state after several local oil workers were killed and there has been fighting in Bentiu after a senior SPLA Commander defected from the South Sudan army to ex-Vice President Dr. Riek Machar’s forces. Mayom County is about 80 kilometres away from Bentiu. Posted in: Home, Governance -- 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/CAJb14oo%2B78L7gRkrRTE1_ObSsB8cAiURQKWJ8rmHAUMR%3D_RyBQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
