38 killed in tribal clashes in S. Sudan, UN orders probe
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August 9, 2017 (JUBA) - At least 38 people were killed when the Apuk
and Aguok clans clashed in the north-west of the country, an official
has disclosed.
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Map of South Sudan showing Warrap state in red
The deputy governor of South Sudan’s Gogrial state, Agoth Mel said
over 30 people were injured during clashes between the two clans.
South Sudan was plunged into a military conflict when a split between
Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar escalated in December 2013.
Since then, tens of thousands have been killed and about 3.8 million
displaced, according to the United Nations.
The United Nations said on Monday it was investigating reports that 25
people were killed in South Sudan‘s central Gok state in clashes
between two tribal factions.
A U.N. official in South Sudan‘s capital Juba was quoted saying they
had received reports on Saturday that 25 civilians had been killed and
27 wounded in clashes between Waat and Ayiel, two ethnic groups that
are part of South Sudan‘s Dinka Gok tribe.
Until now, it remains unclear what could have caused clashes between
the two clans.
Baipath Majuec Riel Puop, a legislator from Gok State was quoted
saying clashes begun with the killing of a member of one of the two
groups by another, thus causing retaliatory attacks.
Puop blamed the violence on the area local authorities whom he said
had failed to arrest the perpetrators of the clan violence.
“The role of the state is to protect the people and when something
like that happened, it is they to arrest,” Puop told the U.N sponsored
Radio Miraya Tuesday.
Ethnic violence in South Sudan has a long history among its varied
ethnic groups. South Sudan has 64 tribes with the largest being the
Dinkas, who constitute about 35% of the population and predominate in
government.
Most conflicts in South Sudan are reportedly aggravated among nomadic
groups over the issue of cattle and grazing land and is part of the
wider nomadic conflicts.
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