SPLM-IO rebels say aid workers were killed by government
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Displaced women and children under a hot sun in South Sudan's Maban
County, where food shortages are causing tension. (UNHCR/P. Rulashe
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March 31, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudanese rebels have accused the
government of killing the six aid workers in an ambush last Saturday,
saying it is a designed policy to obstruct humanitarian assistance to
locations inhabited by non-Dinka population.
Col. William Gatjiath Deng, the rebel SPLM-IO spokesperson said that
even though the government has denied the killings, the blaming of
other armed groups indicates their responsibility for the deadly
attacks on the humanitarian convoy in the area.
“However much the Juba regime tries to dodge, deny and blame others,
including the SPLA-IO, both its atrocities against the innocent and
defenceless civilians since December 2013 and direct involvement in
the brutal and merciless killing of six humanitarian aid workers
belonging to the national Grassroots Empowerment and Development
Organization,” he said.
The victims including Elisa Yani, Joseph Wanjau, David Wanaina, Samson
Mbuga, John Rita and Kil Chop were murdered in an ambush along Juba-
Bor road while they were heading to Pibor for humanitarian operations.
“The ruthless Jieng Council of Elders (JCE) regime in Juba have so far
bluntly placed and imposed on humanitarian aid movements, services,
distribution and access in non-Dinka areas of South Sudan. The
killings not only constitutes a war crime; it once again proves beyond
reasonable doubt to the world that the JCE regime in Juba, unlike the
SPLM-IO, has been, still is and will always be a monstrous terrorist
in its purest form,” added the spokesman.
The armed rebels claim it was the governments’ political tactics to
target humanitarian movements and kill the GREDO humanitarian aid
workers.
“Jieng Council of Elders regime in Juba is sending one more very clear
message to non-Dinka South Sudanese, none South Sudanese, the region,
the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and indeed the national and
international humanitarian organizations’ and agencies that it is, as
a matter of policy in act, deed and by design,” said the spokesman.
Deng accused the government of hindering the humanitarian response to
the famine in part of South Sudan declared on 20 February.
The spokesman said the SPLM-IO have condemned the killing of aid
workers in South Sudan, urging the international community, the United
Nation, the African Union and the region to pressure Juba to identify
the killers.
According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)
update released last February 4.9 million people are in need of urgent
food, agriculture and nutrition assistance.
The total number of food insecure people is expected to rise to 5.5
million at the height of the lean season in July if nothing is done to
curb the severity and spread of the food crisis.
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1 April 00:13, by lino
Government forces are in hot water!!! They thought these aid
workers are rebel because there were not communications with
authorities in the area.
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1 April 01:54, by john akeen
What a idiot or stupid or foolishness Rebels,I just want to know
what are they really about and what do they really call themselves?
because they really don’t know what is politics. is that the people
that they’re fighting our government so they can rule us, well we the
people of the great nation South Sudan we never and never accept you
toy soldiers as a government of our great country SS>>
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1 April 02:30, by john akeen
why because you’re a layer. "one" you do not know what are you
doing. "two" there is noting good that your leader Reik Machar have
done it for the people of SS in the past or in the present, there is
no good history about him. "three" now because of you Rebels
continuing on lies and hate on the tribes of SS and continuing on
denying that you Rebels been killing people of SS>>
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1 April 03:14, by john akeen
so stop laying that you don’t kill, yes you do kill and
because of you rebels in the country that is what making our people
starving form hunger. if you are really a person that who cares about
people, you wouldn’t continue to fight any more, why? because you’re
watching what is happening to the people in the country, you should
stop that war and protect the peace agreement that was sing
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1 April 03:32, by john akeen
and stop to telling me Reik Machar or whatever, peace
is not about Reik Machar, peace is about the people.our Government
they don’t want Reik Machar and pagan amum to work with them and I
myself I don’t want this two people in our government
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1 April 06:28, by Dinka-Defender-General
Not too fast SPLM-IO. Government soldiers never kidnap or kill aid
workers, but you do. Where are the facts or evidences for you
conclusion about government? You always run without legitimate facts
or you always try to avoid responsibility or accountability.
Therefore, government is the victim and you are perpetrator.
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