Wau grants aid groups access to IDPs Alhadi Hawari | June 30, 2016 <http://www.eyeradio.org/wau-grants-aid-groups-access-idps/> | 12:57 pm [image: Aerial view of Wau Town Photo Credit: Nichola Mandil / Eye Radio /] Aerial view of Wau Town Photo Credit: Nichola Mandil / Eye Radio /
The newly appointed Governor of Wau State, Andrea Mayar, says he has directed security forces to allow unhindered movement of humanitarian workers in the area. On Tuesday, regional and international partners called on the government to grant UNMISS and international humanitarian agencies unhindered access <http://www.eyeradio.org/peace-partners-call-unhindered-access-wau-idps/> and movement in Wau town and the countryside. They urged the government to aid agencies to provide assistant to those displaced within and outside Wau. Governor Mayar said orders have been issued to all the organized forces during a security meeting held in Wau. “All the checkpoints have been removed with clear directions from the security committee to the army not to prevent any citizens from moving,” he told Eye Radio. “And any organization has the right during the day and night to help our citizens; we gave them full freedoms and we announced this through microphones and letters.” They regional and international partners of South Sudan also called on the government to initiate dialogue at the national and state levels to address the underlying causes of the violence. According to a statement, the partners expressed deep regret about the persistent violations of the permanent ceasefire. Meanwhile, the SPLM- Former Detainees are calling for an urgent cabinet meeting to be held in Wau town to address the underlying causes of the conflict. The FDs urge the President to quickly act in order to restore law and order. They further call on the Transitional Government of National Unity to assure security for all citizens in Wau irrespective of their ethnic labels. This week, the government formed a committee headed by cabinet ministers to investigate the root cause of the conflict in Wau. However, the Former Detainees are calling for a separate and independent commission of enquiry that will investigate and hold accountable those responsible for the violence in Wau. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opMmN0EkDF%2B4oZQA3%2Bvojqf3xJ%2BieNkJXoz0fVAZ8ai%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
