Jubek State Urges IDPs To Return To Their Homes, Reports Relative Calm In The State The Government of Jubek State has called for all displaced persons (IDPs) of the recent clashes to return to their residences as the city is now experiencing calm. 20 July 2016
By Ariik Atekdit * JUBA, 20 July 2016 [Gurtong] *- Jubek State Governor’s Advisor for Political Affairs, Peter Yatam reported on Monday that calm has returned to all suburbs in Juba town and that the internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are in dire need of services can return to their homes to resume lives as usual. Yatam is among the members of the Jubek State Crisis Management Committee to handle cases of those affected by the conflict that had occurred from July 7 to July 11 resulting into looting of citizens’ properties and lose of lives in several areas around Juba town. Yatam said that the Crisis Management Committee is in contact with several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to direct support to areas that were heavily affected by the conflict in Juba. “The Governor has established the committee to support our people in crisis. We very well know that most of the people in and around Juba town are badly affected by the recent army confrontations. We are urging the governmental and nongovernmental organizations to bring items that can support our people’s lives,” he said. Several residents of Juba have sought refuge in churches, schools and other people’s compounds in Juba. Most of the IDPs according to officials have no water, food, shelter and mosquito nets while heavy rains continue to fall over them in open air places, a situation that Yatam described as unhealthy for the vulnerable. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> - See more at: http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/19669/Default.aspx#sthash.AS0ncWc1.dpuf -- 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/CAJb14orb6p2-_UfHFw_sSA_CvT7%2BGT3GZVk9EXBCFEoJbeqYtQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
