South Sudan army says containing ethnic unrest in Western Equatoria - Article <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55912#tabs-1> - Comments (2) <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55912#tabs-2>
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[image: JPEG - 55.3 kb]*Soldiers from the South Sudanese army (SPLA) jump off the back of a truck while on patrol in the capital, Juba, following the December 2013 outbreak of violence (Photo: Reuters)* Fighting erupted on Friday and Saturday between youth from Azande community and ethnic Dinka armed pastoralists backed by elements from the national army. The two-day clashes left dozens dead on both sides. A senior military commander however said situation had come under control and that a buffer zone had been created between the two warring communities. “There is no problem. Everything is under control. We have created a buffer zone and we are encouraging the leadership to engage in dialogue and tell the youth to control their emotions,” SPLA’s sixth division commander, Major General Johson Juma, told *Sudan Tribune* on Monday. General Juma, who is the top commanding officer of the government soldiers in the area, called on politicians to not fuel the situation with what he described as “inflammatory statements.” But while the commanding officer appeared to have downplayed the intensity of the security situation in the area, state officials stressed that the delegation dispatched to the area to calm down and diffuse the situation from spiralling out of control was unable to meet both the two warring sides. *JUBA CONSPIRACY* Western Equatoria state’s information minister, Charles Barnaba Kisanga, accused the national government in Juba of “conspiracy” to incite violence in the state in order to use it as a pretext to replace governor Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro. He also said the delegation from Juba didn’t bother to meet the ethnic Dinka pastoralists and convince them to stop fighting, saying they were only lecturing youth from the state. “The delegation as much as chief of staff concentrated on siding with the pastoralists because they only lectured Western Equatoria state youth and leaders, and none of them ventured to side of Dinka pastoralists who are well armed to tell them terms of peace,” said state minister Kisanga. “I made this clear today in my South Sudan Television talk that peace must involve talking to all sides,” he said in a statement. He claimed that the conspirators wanted South Sudanese president Salva Kiir to use his constitutional powers empowering him to remove state governor and dissolve even state legislative assembly in the event that an internal insecurity becomes a national security threat. “It is clear the delegation was put in place by those orchestrating violence as a way they could remove Western Equatoria state governor and install their new governor without reference to the suffering of Western Equatoria people,” minister Kisanga added. The state official said if there was urge to remove the governor, the best way was to make consultations with the people in order to come up with a new candidate for the governorship. “The delegation condoned the order by chief of staff that only one side, the Western Equatoria state youth, must be shot to kill and massacred. Conflict among people cannot be solved by ordering the killing and annihilating of one side,” he added. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence - No inappropriate or offensive language - No racism, tribalism or sectarianism - No inappropriate or derogatory remarks - No deviation from the topic of the article - No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible comments Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55912#forum> 4 August 03:58, by Akook Remove Bakasoro and Western Equatoria descend into chaos and anarchy like Lakes state. The worst thing Kiir is only capable of doing! Nuers had liberated themselves from the worst ruler ever come up in the history of South Sudan! Nuer will never allow his dirty hands to mess up upper Nile again when peace return repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55912&id_forum=336980> 4 August 07:30, by Son of Ngundeng Akook: Thank for your words, God create Nuer as free people we couldn’t accept tribalism colonization within the country which belong to us, and we belong to it !! Dinka who will remain in upper Nile they make sure when peace returned home automatically they will be our slaves, unless they will lead their ways to Warrap. 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