Hundreds flee violence in South Sudan’s Wau state
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February 16, 2016 (JUBA) – Renewed clashes in South Sudan’s Wau state
between the army and the armed opposition faction have caused hundreds
of people to flee their homes, residents and eyewitness said on
Monday.
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A woman carries water through a UN camp for internally displaced
people in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state (Photo: IOM)
The incident took place in the western part of the state capital,
Besilia, forcing hundreds, mainly women and children, to seek food and
shelter.
According to multiple residents who arrived in Wau town on Sunday,
both sides of the conflict were involved, burning down huts to ground
level.
The most affected areas were Abushaka, Kapi and Safa, initially
suspected by government forces to be opposition-held territories.
The deputy governor of Wau state, Andrea Dominic, condemned the attack
by the armed opposition, describing it as a violation to the ceasefire
deal.
“We want to know if these ruminant rebels in Wau state are not part of
the agreement or they are not under the control of the SPLM-IO so that
our forces can respond to them,” the deputy governor told Sudan
Tribune Monday.
The armed confrontation between the two main warring parties came a
day after a delegation of ceasefire monitors, headed by Akram Hussein
arrived in Wau town to access the security situation in the region.
The armed opposition leader in Wau state denied his reports that their
forces were the first to attack government troops in the specified
areas.
"What we understood and what we occurred was that there was a group of
four soldiers riding motorcycles from Bisselia to Wau town. When they
reached an area called El-Daso near Safa, they met innocent youths, so
they stopped their motorcycles and ran after those youths,” said Peter
Tingo.
Charles Anthony Ngberende, an area lawmaker, said he lost contact with
his father since Saturday and there are fears he could have also fled
the violence.
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