Children starve to death in Lainya Nichola Mandil | August 9, 2016 | 9:50 am Dusty road through the bush in Mukaya Payam, Lainya county. Dusty road through the bush in Mukaya Payam, Lainya county.
More than 14 children have died of hunger in the bush over the past two weeks, the Bishop of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Lanya Diocese has said. Bishop Elioba Laku says civilians have fled to the woods due to insecurity in the county. He says there were sporadic shootings in Lanya on the 10th of July, which scared the civilians and forced them to flee into the bushes and up to now they are not able to return to their houses. Lainya is situated along the Juba-Yei road which reportedly witnessed confrontations between the army and SPLM-IO forces recently. “We have lost about 14 children in the bush as a result of hunger, cold, and the rains,” he told Eye Radio. He told Eye Radio’s Dawn program this morning that though there is a bit of calm over the past three days, civilians are still not ready to return to the area due to insecurity. “Our people are still in the bush, because of the [sporadic] shooting; they fear,” Bishop Laku added. Bishop Elioba Laku says he is coordinating with the County Commissioner and the Military commander in the area to ensure that they talk to civilians and convince them to return to their homes. -- 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/CAJb14oq_m%2B_BGbezD6jCpQdR3mzV1W5G%2B4wYMP8HFTPeqV9aPg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
