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Boma governor accuses Jonglei government of involvement in Kotchar attack PIBOR (10 Mar.) The Governor of South Sudan’s Boma State, Ismail Konyi, has accused the government of Jonglei State of supporting the attack launched by local youth on Kotchar and Mau areas in Boma State since last weekend. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj today, Governor Konyi said the local youth who attacked their areas were heavily armed, claiming that the attackers killed women and children and burned homes. However, the official pointed out that attackers decided to withdraw from the two areas on Friday.Konyi noted that the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, is planning to visit Boma state to acquaint himself with the situation after the recent fighting in Kotchar area. Governor Konyi reiterated his commitment for peace between the two states. For his part, Ayuel Guet, a representative of Jonglei youth, said they have declared a unilateral ceasefire on the occasion of National Day of Prayer called for by President Salva Kiir today. However, the group gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the government of Boma and the UN mission to bring back the abducted children and raided cattle during an attack on Jalle and Gadiang in December last year.The youth leader denied accusations of receiving support from their government. -- 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/CAJb14oqo927HFJYBjVuxcYXogmWN9oc9avzNEi8sg8%2BdK%3DRzTg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
