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Fears of imminent clashes between Murle, Dinka Bor tribes in greater Jonglei

BOR/PIBOR (13 Apr.)

Fears are growing of imminent clashes in greater Jonglei State between the
Murle and Dinka Bor tribes after attempts to make peace between the two
feuding communities failed.

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday, Simon Gain, Pibor County
Commissioner of Boma State, accused local youth from the Dinka Bor tribe of
attacking citizens from his state along the Juba-Pibor road recently.He
also accused the Dinka Bor youth of rejecting any peace with local youth
from the Murle tribe. He pointed out that there is no any need now to hold
a peace conference between the two sides in neighbouring Terekeka State.

Simon called on the two sides to stop fighting and support local and
national peace in South Sudan. “There is need for peace in South Sudan, we
should talk instead of threatening to kill people, even development will
not be there if we fight each other,” he said.

 For his part, Ayuel Guet, representative of the Dinka Bor youth, said that
a large group of Dinka Bor youth have already reached areas near the
Jonglei-Boma borders.Instead, Ayuel accused the Murle youth of killing
several people in Baidit, Kongoor and Jonglei villages during a cattle raid
over the past two days.The youth leader warned against renewed fighting
between the two tribes in the coming days if their stolen cattle and
abducted children are not returned back.

He appealed to the United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), national
government in Juba and the two governments of Boma and Jonglei states to
intervene.“We didn’t reject any peace, the agreement was between the
Jonglei and Boma governments, so if the there is need for peace, they
should return back our children who were abducted and our stolen cattle.
The children and the cattle should be taken to the border so that the youth
between the two sides can sign a peace deal,”said Ayuel.

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