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South Sudan calls to condemn kidnapping of oil workers
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Rebels protect civilians from the Nuer ethnic group (not seen) walking
through flooded areas to reach a camp in UNMISS base in Bentiu, Sept.
20, 2014 (Photo AP/Matthew Abbott)
March 14, 2017 (JUBA) - The South Sudanese government has issued a
statement calling for the regional condemnation and along with
blacklisting the former First Vice President turned rebel leader, Riek
Machar for kidnapping two Indian oil workers.
“the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) calls upon the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to condemn Riek
Machar and his followers and blacklist them as a terrorist negative
force. The IGAD should ensure the safety and unconditional release of
the oil workers,” says a statement obtained by the Sudan Tribune on
March 13 states.
Edward and Ganesh were the two Indian nationals, who were stopped and
kidnapped on March 8 at Adar oil fields while they were on their
routine duties.
The statement from the TGoNU was a reaction after the armed opposition
released a statement saying they had captured two oil workers at
Guelguk.
“The Transitional Government of National Unity of the Republic of
South Sudan has learnt with dismay the kidnapping of the two Indian
nationals who were on their routine duty to the field when their car
was stopped by outlaws and terrorist elements belonging to renegade
Riek Machar, who is operating in Maiwut state,” it added.
The statement further called for the release of the Indian nationals
immediately, calling upon the IGAD to condemn Riek Machar and his
followers and blacklist them as terrorists.
The government has said that the rebels are demanding a ransom of $1
million USD. They, however, refuse to pay the ransom.
According to a statement, the TGoNU said it has rejected a claim made
by members of the armed opposition fighters who have demanded a
million-dollar ransom to ensure the release of the abducted oil
workers.
“TGoNU is bound by international law and UN resolutions to counter
terrorist financing. The government is not ready to pay a ransom that
encourages terrorist acts,” the statement stressed.
The government further reiterated its determination to implement the
peace agreement with the aid of the IGAD which mediated the
negotiations.
(ST)
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15 March 00:19, by junubi
why to kidnapped forigne national just go attack the oil field and
clossed if you can.
nowdays SPLA IO has become bokoarum of nigeria.
why should you acted like a terrorist if you are man enough.
fake rebell of food lovers.
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15 March 03:58, by marie
Salva Kiir and his cohorts are the terrorists and a curse to South
Sudan that are rampantly killing people and using population
engineering to change the demography of the country by relocating his
kinsman to the ancestral land of the people he has displaced. Pharaoh,
enslaved Israelite but at last he was humiliated. Salva Kiir must go
to leave the people of South Sudan to have peace.He is evil.
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15 March 05:21, by Kuch
Marie, are you referring to Ms Yasmin Sooka propaganda and her
band of creeps in the UN and the so-called *human rights*
criminals:http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/876450766?-21266:8599:0
Marie, you idiots have been letting yourselves being used by
the CIA, MI6, the UN, their sleazy NGOs, their creepy NGOs and some of
their creeps in between to toy around with our country>>>
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15 March 05:53, by jubaone
Kuch,
You jienge scoundrels and lapdogs are just trying to
deviate international attention from your hopeless leadership and
attributing your failures to others. Kiir has been there since 2005
and guess what? He and his illiterate luakgoons have remained the same
mentally and congnitively stagnated people unable to develop except
eat, sleep and shit. Just shut up!
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15 March 06:02, by Kuch
and our people. The Dinkas/Jiengs that you idiots often
called names have taken their country back. Go to Congo or Uganda if
you idiots think the Dinkas/Jiengs are your existential enemies.
But for all l know, get your rubbish out of our country.
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15 March 07:13, by Malakal county Simon
Kuch/slave
Maybe it should be other-side of the coin!!!! The
Dinka tribe itself was the one who created other South Sudanese tribes
to be their enemy dues to their foolish mentality of born to rule,
empty thumb-chest, empty pride and want to kill anyone that’s against
Dinka interest.... Where on earth a new country can prosper and
peaceful with the mentioned points above????
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15 March 07:17, by Malakal county Simon
Cont...
You all are full of ignorance’s and that mean if
you don’t change your current attitudes, you all be hated, chase-out
of the country for a better South Sudan if that what’s it take!!!!
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15 March 07:53, by jubaone
What "our country" taken back? Other nationalities
stay to develop their country. You want someone to do it for you and
so you just walk 🚶 into a furnished nest ya lazyman. Develop first
your stinking luak then we talk. Otherwise just dream when to get your
next meal with our stolen monies.
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15 March 04:13, by Naath
Here is the Dinka go again with their liars placed the country in
choas. The Dinka lied about corp, they lied about peace, they lied
about reconciliation and TGONU. Now they lied again about oil workers.
No oil workers the SPLA-IO kinapped at all, it is just a regular Dinka
’s liars.
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15 March 06:39, by Dak tak
The year 2017 will go down in history as a year of propaganda as
the failed JCE led government keeps issuing unfounded statement about
ransom and kidnapping which of course isn’t and will never be the
culture of the movement. The negative forces are government tribal
militias, so called Mathiang Anyor that rape and kill only the unarmed
civilians.
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15 March 06:54, by Theallseeingeye
if those foreigners are left to operate freely the Gov will direct
the revue earned from this project to buy arms and weapons in order to
wage more wars against innocent civilians. and beside I don’t see any
big deal with that, cuz some rule has to be broken (sometime you have
to get your hands dirty), afterall how many times has the Gov violated
HR, peace agreement, etc? and how many times...
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15 March 06:56, by Theallseeingeye
has it been held accountable? zero. therefore why has the IO
have to worry? I wish if they could lay their hands on those Kenyans
suckers too.
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