South Sudan President urges calm in Wau after death of top army generals
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April 11, 2017 (JUBA) – President Salva Kiir has urged the people of
Wau to remain calm after two army generals were killed. Their murders
sparked tension and spread conflict in the residential areas of Wau.
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South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (AFP)
President Kiir called for the deployment of additional forces to
provide an adequate protection to the civilians, along with ensuring
the safety of properties in the area.
According to officials in the Presidents office, the south Sudanese
leader has called on the residents of Wau to act in accordance with
the laws of the country, by exercising self-restraint and not attack
civilians.
Meanwhile, the Political Bureau of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement (SPLM), convened an emergency security meeting where the
President urged the citizens of Wau to refrain from further violence
and revenge.
The leaders called on those involved in causing mayhem in town to
leave the matter to the government. The leadership was chaired by
President Kiir in his capacity as the chairman of the SPLM, with
majority members in parliament, cabinet, judiciary and in the army in
areas under its control in the country.
Jemma Nunu Kuma, the acting Secretary General of the SPLM, said the
Political Bureau condemned the events that took in Wau and rebel
attacks on their positions around the town. Kuma pointed out that
President urged the unity government to take urgent measures in
restoring peace and stability in Wau and its surrounding areas.
The killing started on Monday morning after the fighting spread to
Wau. Several eyewitnesses reported that government-aligned militiamen
were targeting local residents based on their ethnicity in residential
areas of Wau.
The violence started on Sunday after an ambush of government forces
near Wau, where two senior army generals were killed. The latest
reports from Wau indicated that more than 10 civilians were confirmed
dead after a militia attack on Monday.
Heavy gunfire continued to be heard in Wau on Tuesday, as civilians
deserted the town. The displaced civilians say that armed tribal
militiamen from President Kiir’s ethnic Dinka backed by the government
troops were attacking civilian settlements in the town, moving from
house to house, killing whoever they believed was an opposition
supporter.
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12 April 06:05, by Kush Natives
Mr. President,
You MUST act now not later rebel are getting to the melting pot!
But, make sure all civil populations in which inhabited the the state
are treated equally regardless of their associated with the rebels.
Track down all whoever is caring arms! That’s the only mission needed
from the army. We want to any buses or harassment of civilians.
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12 April 06:07, by Kush Natives
Correction: we don’t to hear any abuses or harassment towards civilians!
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12 April 06:22, by Kuch
Mr. Kush Natives, No one has been targeting civilians, all
these outrageous lies after lies that the government is targeting some
special ethnic groups is always spread out by the NGOs, the UN, the
UK, and other foreign countries with their sinister project in South
Sudan---the game is here is make South Sudan as bad and lawless as
possible like they did in Congo, Libya, CAR, Ukraine>>>
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12 April 06:29, by Kuch
Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen and then our country
can be plundered amidst the chaos. Just like the US, the UK, France
and their allies are now looting the Libyans, CAR, Iraq resources
amidst the sectarian wars. In this case in our country----the hyenas
in the US, the UK, their UN and NGOs called tribal wars simply to make
their narratives stick with their massive corporate media propaganda>>
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12 April 06:36, by Kuch
machines. Have you fellows notice how the US, the UK
or the west in general media propaganda don’t even mention the massive
problem of the North Sudan, problems in Yemen, Northern Nigeria,
Libya, Somalia, Congo or Burundi? But our country is all their
corporate America propaganda machines lenses are projected into 24/7?
It is because our the US, the UK, France and their allies are just
after our>>
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12 April 06:44, by Kuch
resources and to counter China. The US, the UK,
France and their allies have done their job in Ukraine, Afghanistan,
Iraq, Libya and CAR. The war in Syria is about a gas pipeline from
Qatar and to be passed through Syria to Europe, the government of
Syria and its allies, Russia, Iran and Lebanon don’t want that
pipeline to pass through Syria and that is all the war in Syria is all
about>>>
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12 April 06:50, by Kuch
The war in Yemen is the same like the war in
Syria. It is the *shites versus the Sunnis* and are being supported by
the US and the UK. And this is to counter the Iran influence in Yemen.
Our so-called cloned arab North Sudan has even sent it own mercenaries
to to go and fight in Yemen war>>>
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12 April 06:57, by Kuch
honestly speaking, the US, the UK, France,
Turkey, Boko Haram, Al Nustra, ISIS/L, North Sudan, Saudi Arabia,
Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, israel, Al Qada and to some extend, our own
so-called SPLA-IO are the one and the same---they have an alliance and
no one dare tell you the truth about the dirty game behind this dirty
alliance>>>
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12 April 07:06, by Kuch
This is what is going
on:https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/south-asia/1980-03-01/great-game-asia
Every time the corporate America and
Europe is about to go bust; then create an imaginary boogie man) enemy
to fight against and sell their weapons and arms. Because war is
always good for the US and some European economies and this is what is
going on right now---the US and Europe is about>>>
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12 April 07:12, by Kuch
to go bust again like in 2008 and
so they are chasing their usual boogie man, Russia, Iran, China and
all and where the resources are. the figurative ’King of the South and
King of the North’ always is and will always be. But this time around,
the US, some European countries like the UK or France and their allies
are playing a very dangerous gamble this time around>>>
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12 April 07:19, by Kuch
The US, the UK, France and
some of their creepy allies in between have been using the UN, sleazy
NGOs staffed by spies, humanitarian aids, donations, peacekeeping and
human rights business scams as their 21s century neo-colonialism
intrigues to occupy and colonize other people’s countries on the
disguise and plunder them>>>
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12 April 07:25, by Kuch
And this is what US, the
UK, their UN, their NGOs, UNIMISS and some of their creepy criminals
in between are after here in our country. To occupy our country and
eventually colonize us on the pretext of UN, humanitarian aid,
donations, peacekeeping and their damn human rights business scams.
And their puppets/stooges like Riek Machar, Pagan Amuom, Rebecca
Myandeng or Thomas Cirilo are without>>>
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