South Sudan rebels deny abducting 8 local aid workers
Article
Comments (11)
email Email
print Print
pdfSave
separation
increase
decrease
separation
separation
March 13, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudanese rebels have denied reports that
its troops kidnapped eight local workers of an international charity
entity.
JPEG - 36.6 kb
Oxfam aid workers in Mingkaman, South Sudan, oversee the distribution
of food to displaced people in August 2014. (Photo Pablo Tosco/Oxfam)
The eight Samaritan Purse workers were reportedly taken from a village
near Mayendit, located about 680 km northeast of the South Sudan
capital, Juba.
"We do not have any relation with this incident," a spokesperson for
the rebels told Sudan Tribune Monday, adding "This is a mere rumour
spread by the government".
The government military spokesperson, Lul Ruai Koang on Monday said
the armed opposition forces kidnapped aid workers and demanded aid
deliveries as "ransom".
"The rebels attacked and abducted eight local staff from Samaritan’s
Purse and they are being held to ransom. They have demanded that the
organisation takes aid to them," Brig. Lul Ruai Koang told Reuters.
The international charity entity has acknowledged the kidnapping its
aid workers.
The incident comes barely a week after the rebels kidnapped two Indian
engineers working for an oil company in the young nation.
The kidnapping of the eight aid workers is likely to hamper
humanitarian efforts to assist civilians in a nation where years of a
violent conflict have reportedly left over 100,000 people on the verge
of facing starvation. At least 5 million people or more than 40% of
the country’s population are in need of urgent food assistance, aid
agencies say.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Sudan Peoples Liberation
Movement-North (SPLM-N) has denied reports
Years of civil war, a refugee crisis and a collapsing economy have
taken a toll on South Sudan since it gained independence in 2011. Tens
of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced in the
country’s worst ever violence since it seceded from North Sudan in
2011.
(ST)
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to [email protected]
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
13 March 21:52, by Dak tak
The propaganda of calling in regional forces to fight the IO won’t
work this time around, there is no aid worker kidnapped or any demand
for ransom. It has never been the habit of the SPLM _IO to ask for
ransom even when a government figure like isaiah chol Aruai is
captured and later released no ransom has ever been asked.
repondre message
14 March 03:12, by john akeen
National Army SPLA they never & never lie like you terrorist
of Reik Machar. Yes you terrorist IO did kidnapped eight aid workers
and also you did killed 10 civilians in that area. from now on you are
not SPLM IO or SPLA IO and it’s not Reble, your name has been changed
to negative terrorist forces of Reik. Your new name is (NTF)
repondre message
14 March 09:03, by choldit
How can u explain the kidnapping of people like James
Gatdet Dak, Idris and Dong Luak from Kenya to South Sudan by the govt
of South Sudan from? The bad thing about south Sudanese politicians is
that they are happy to correct others but not themselves. Why
foreigners have to be taken to war field. Is it not that they
arehelping the govt fight IO? The have expired IDs year ago. No aid
workers issue
repondre message
14 March 04:40, by Atemjak
Dak tak
Ho! Really do you also when to lie like rebel spokesman or you
are joking. Let me remind you about what sudantribune post which you
has just comment incase maybe you didn’t see it and i quote "The
international charity entity has reportedly acknowledged the
kidnapping its workers" and if you are not convince you can read the
post again.
repondre message
14 March 08:45, by Midit Mitot
Bullshit Lul Ruai, your propaganda will not help that crook
regime.You are trying to spoiled IO image, but good enough the whole
nation knows your usual lie.
repondre message
14 March 04:25, by Kush Natives
Now it shown that these thugs called rebels failed completely in
the front line! So, they now looting and kidnapping whatever they got
out there, as a ways of generating funds from Indian workers? What a
weird tactic! The door-step of Anya- anya-2 back in 80s in Kuany-Lou
base. We know for sure they "rebels" lost vision, lying every single
minutes that we’re fighting for change!
repondre message
14 March 06:27, by Dak tak
The habit of lying is what the current JCE led government usually
employed as to fool the world. Alas,their habit is known everywhere,
their forces kill, rape and forcefully displace the civil population
without remorse. The worse regime turns south Sudan a laughing stock
and you the sycophants and war beneficiaries support it. South
sudanese are returning to Sudan in large number now.
repondre message
14 March 06:32, by Dak tak
The current JCE led government never think on to end the war, but
only think of how to die in power. If they have the people and country
at heart they would work for peace and avoid the dramas they embarked
on doing, no national dialogue when the war is flaring civilians are
fleeing on daily basis. And you want to fool yourself of peace. You
will regret in the long run.
repondre message
14 March 07:27, by Sadam Kuikoy
Hey, hey guys, this is classified information that Luk
Bangoang Khan Labdhor murdered by Bentiu wickier,the government
appointed the commissioner of Mayendit NOT kidnapped by spla-IO! as
been circulated by Lul.
repondre message
14 March 07:43, by Kat Cok
Kidnapping the workers that is the end of rebellion of renegade
Riak Machar, since they started rebellion they have no goal to
achieved.
repondre message
14 March 07:46, by Yang Man
that is true mr spoke person, SPLA/M in opposition has never do
any harm to it civil population, it a proportional army whose work is
to protect civilian from any harm, the Dinka faction so call
Government is the one looking for our aid workers and kidnap, in the
name of SPLA IO, wait, you will get some new information about where
those aid workers are, am also blaming the world on that issue
--
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/CAJb14orF7p3K%3DRQ%2BmRvsSRonkJg_0io-Net0-S5tds-Gydpv1g%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
