Dinka Council of Elders warns disastrous war in South Sudan NAIROBI, KENYA (30 Sep.) Tweet
Aldo Ajou Deng Akuey, a prominent member of the council of council of elders has issued a stern and scaring statement, warning that the country could descend into a disastrous war,if members of his ethnic Dinka continues to be subjected to targeted killings on major and strategic routes in the country leading into and out of the national capital, Juba. “As directed by armed SPLM IO, the Dinka now are physically targeted by organised tribal terrorists in Central Equatoria and Western Bahr Al Ghazal. They are being escorted, shot, slaughtered and beheaded every day on the roads between Juba-Yei and Juba-Nimule, in cold blood. This is unacceptable and it has to stop, otherwise the response would be disastrous”, said Ajou The legislator at the council of states, according to a September 27, 2016, statement which he confirmed on Friday, charged that armed dissidents allied to SPLM-IO on major roads looking for members of ethnic Dinka because the president comes from their community to bend their anger in protest of the performance of the government. “They lay ambushes on the roads, leading out of Juba, looking for travelling families and individuals members of the Dinka community, search passengers in the cars or buses using ghost names like: forbidden-goods, MTN or naked…etc. We are wondering and astonishing on what is the cause of this outrageous hatred where innocent civilians are being killed by a rebel army that claims it would introduce freedoms and good governance in the country, if they come to power”! He continued: “We know that there is hidden boiling hatred against Dinka community in Central Equatoria. It cooled off when the South was under the British and the Arab rules, from 1899 to 1972; it warmed up with Southern Sudanese rule from 1972 to 1983; it cooled off again during the SPLM/SPLA war of liberation, from 1983 to 2005. Now the madness or "kokora" oriented mode of Bari tribal base of hate for the Dinka has awakened, amounting to preach of tribal hatred in bari social clubs, schools, government offices in state of Juba and the Bari Catholic churches in Juba. Ajou stressed that his group was not fighting any tribe in the country but would fight back if aggressed. “We are not in war with any tribe in South Sudan. But we can fight if aggressed! The world must know, and it should have already known, that the ongoing war was caused by the ruling party, SPLM, and it is being fought by two factions: SPLM, SPLM IO and FDs political brokers in their midst to promote continuous violence between the two, in an attempt to justify that the war is between Nuer and Dinka”. “We repeat this is not our war. But the Nuer and Dinka have been fighting their tribal wars, resulting from social interactions and vital disagreements regarding lands, boundaries, water centers and seasonal gathering where their cows meet to share grazing and watering of their animals”. He said elders from both sides always intervene to end the fighting and bring about traditional healing and reconciliation. “By our shared traditions, rules and regulations, the war ends here. People mixed and forgive one another and "less they forget." Once the same disagreement erupts, fighting occurs. Between the Nuer and Dinka, the word "enemies" do not exist. But it seems the politicians have developed it”. -- 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-fq2xoDAYXvgH4DAfF-toV%2BTbAq_iPhHt2QLQPwOkDA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
