العربيةEnglishHomeNewsBroadcastsFrequenciesAboutMembershipNewsletterDonatePodcasts

Pagan Amum calls for UN intervention to stop looming genocide in South Sudan

U.S (7 Feb.)

Pagan Amum, former Secretary General of the ruling Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement (SPLM) and leader of the SPLM Former Detainees
(SPLM-FDs), has again called on the international community to intervene
quickly and stop what he termed as  a “looming genocide and ethnic
cleansing” in South Sudan.

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj yesterday, Pagan Amum accused President Salva
Kiir of ethicizing the SPLA army to target other ethnic groups like what
happened in Wau and Yei areas, saying similar military operations are
ongoing in Shilluk areas in Upper Nile state.

“We condemn this behavior from President Kiir for continuously attacking
other ethnic groups though his tribal army. They killed innocent civilians
from other tribes like what happened in Yei and Western Behr el Ghazal, now
the same thing is happening in Shilluk land, so this is dangerous,” said
Amum.

The leading member of the opposition group called on the international
community to intervene quickly to stop violence against innocent civilians
before it turns into ethnic cleansing in other parts of the country.“The UN
must take action quickly, it should not to condemnation and give warnings
only, but it should do something, otherwise, the situation in South Sudan
will witness ethnic cleansing and genocide based on tribes in many areas,”
he said.

Separately, a group of Shilluk politicians loyal to South Sudan’s First
Vice President Taban Deng Gai, accused SPLA-IO rebels allied to Riek Machar
of carrying out attacks on their positions in Ditang and Gabat in Upper
Nile. In a statement signed by Minister of Mining Gabriel Thokuc and
Governor of Central Upper Nile State James Monybony, the group claimed that
the Aguelek forces led by Gen. Johnson Olony are planning to destroy
Shilluk land.

-- 
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/CAJb14opE0pmYes7CRYi%3D2%2BMbvv0LqMbX945RA3hLsN_jWJec0g%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Reply via email to