Commissioner Condemns Inter-Communal Clashes Within UNMISS Base The Commissioner of Makal County has condemned the inter-communal clashes that took place within the United Nations' base in Malakal. 22 February 2014 UNMISS staff guard over displaced people by recent fighting. [File]
By Ariik Atekdit *JUBA, 22 February 2014 [Gurtong] - *Dr. Wau Agudeng said the communities should leave behind their differences and try to submit to a peaceful life under the UN protection. Agudeng said: "The government and county administration condemns the senseless clashes that have once again encountered our poor and innocent citizens who have run to United Nations Mission In South Sudan (UNMISS) for refuge." UN Peacekeepers said on Wednesday that about ten people were killed during the inter-communal fight in the compound which hosts 21, 500 IDPs who fled the devastating fight in Malakal town. The Press release by UN peacekeepers said, "They (peacekeepers) fended off attackers from outside their base while brawls broke out among refuge-seekers inside." The commissioner said the clashes were provoked by a group of Nuer tribesmen who wanted to break out of the UN compound to join their fighters who were gaining momentum over Malakal battle. "There are some people inside the compound who are rebel's supporters. They are the experts of war, directing to their militia, the SPLA spots in the town and elsewhere," Dr. Agudeng said. Agudeng said there is a great need to build relations of all the communities instead of breaking it up in a political difference that has no connections with ethnicities. Since mid-December the conflict broke out in Juba, the Capital of South Sudan which the government blamed on the ex-vice president Dr. Riek Machar of plotting a "Coup" against President Salva Kiir's Government however, Dr. Riek said it was a presidential guards'quarrel. Rebels are controlling 4 counties of Nasir, Ulang, Maiwut and Longechuk out of the Upper Nile thirteen counties and now battling the SPLA forces over the state Capital. The conflict quickly spread to Bor, Bentiu, Malakal and the latest in Tonj North and East counties of Warrap state. Humanitarian Organizations reported that over 10, 000 people lost their lives and more than 700, 000 others displaced and now taking refuge in the UNMISS Compounds across the country and others fled to neighbouring countries. 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> , Humanitarian<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/8/Humanitarian.aspx> , Foreign Aid/Assistance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/30/Foreign-AidAssistance.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/CAJb14opRt_sxSe0VWUvnE5FHvHUhfAwCsfKVZkPBB1o1BfEb6g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
