Fresh ambush on Juba-Nimule road claims lives
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December 21, 2016 (JUBA)- At least one person has been confirmed dead
and several others sustained injuries when a passenger vehicle
travelling from Juba to Labonok on Juba-Nimule road came under attack
by unknown gunmen on Wednesday.
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General view of Juba Nimule road leading to Nimule Park and
neighbouring Uganda (Pinterest photo)
Several eyewitnesses and local administrative officers told Sudan
Tribune that the incident on Wednesday morning took place between
Kuriti and Kit. The passenger vehicle was travelling to Labonok area,
home village of Vice-President James Wani.
The identity of the attackers remains unclear and no group has come
out to claim the responsibility, though authorities are keen to point
an accusing finger to the armed youth allied to the former First Vice
President turned rebel leader, Riek Machar.
The attack comes after the United Nations Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon on Monday warned during a briefing to the UN Security Council
that a genocide was about to start in South Sudan unless immediate
action is taken. He reiterated his call for the Security Council to
impose an arms embargo.
“If we fail to act, South Sudan will be on a trajectory towards mass
atrocities. The Security Council must take steps to stem the flow of
arms to South Sudan,” Ban told the 15-member body.
Ban said reports foreseen President Salva Kiir and his supporters are
planning a new military offensive in the coming days against
opposition troops allied to armed opposition leader Riek Machar in the
country. There are clear indications Machar and other opposition
groups are also pursuing a military escalation.
The top UN official noted that his special adviser on the prevention
of genocide, Adama Dieng, has described genocide as a process in South
Sudan but said he was “ afraid that process is about to begin unless
immediate action is taken.”
Dieng told the council last month that he had seen all the signs that
ethnic hatred and targeting of civilians could evolve into genocide in
South Sudan, where forces allied to the former first vice president
and government troops predominantly members of ethnic Dinka of
president Salva Kiir, have been engaged in an on and off battle,
despite repeated declaration of ceasefire and several amnesties.
(ST)
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