Families Of Equatorian Soldiers Evacuated From Unity State More than 800 families of Equatorian soldiers serving in the national army have been evacuated from the conflict zones in Unity State. 07 February 2014
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole *TORIT, 07 February 2014 [Gurtong] -*The evacuation was executed by the three governments of Central, Western and Eastern Equatoria states. The Governor of Eastern Equatoria State Louis Lobong Lojore on Wednesday told members of parliament that the IDPs already in his state comprise of women and children whose husbands have remained in the battle fields to defend the nation against the Dr. Riek Machar led rebellion. Many of them have voluntarily been reintegrated into their communities. The state officials say the three Equatorian governments in collaboration with the national government have been helping to facilitate transportation of similar vulnerable groups from the conflict regions of Upper Nile and Jonglei states for safety. Gurtong paid a visit to more than 250 families at a 'way station' within Torit Technical. The group who arrived on Wednesday in two convoys from Juba expressed gratitude to the government for ensuring their safe arrival from the conflict zones in Unity state. Humanitarian Agencies are expected to reach them with support with both food and non food items. Already South Sudan Red Cross has pledged to distribute non food items, a move the state authorities strongly welcome. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> , Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> , Featured Stories<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/137/Featured-Stories.aspx> -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oryE9Tko53za-t8h7MQzz8eqT_APZ4aWJhvbwhRcj2fbw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
