South Sudan parliament summons security ministers over Jonglei crisis

| August 23, 2011 | 2 Comments

August 22, 2011 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly has summoned the new country’s ministers of defense and interior over the insecurity in Jonglei state which has according to local officials resulted in the massacre of hundreds of people in Uror county.

This week heavy armed attackers in army uniform allegedly from the Murle community carried out what was suspected to be a revenge attack on members of the Lou Nuer ethnic group.

The UN have confirmed that 58 people died in the fighting. A group of officials from Jonglei told Sudan Tribune that the clashes in Uror county had resulted in 640 deaths, 861 people sustaining injuries, the kidnap of 208 children, the arson of 7,924 houses and the theft of 38,000 heads of cattle.

Security organs in South Sudan have since 2005, when the region gained autonomy as part of a peace deal with North Sudan, done very little to avert the attacks involving the communities. In July South Sudan became independent and the former rebel movement the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) became the national army.

On Monday the national parliament raised a motion summoning the minister of defense and the minister of interior to appear before the

Read more: http://www.sudantribune.com/South-Sudan-parliament-summons,39907

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  • deng agau

    Iam  manhbor  at  jonglei  state, particularly kolnyang. my  name  is  David Deng, Am very  stressful  and  tired  of  your  unreasonable ruling  in  the  country. How  comes  you  the  government  specially  security  minister  don’t  even  have  human rule as  far  as  you  are  handling  in-human rules  to  the  citizen. you  can  not  even  aware  that  you  are  in  those  powers  due  to  blood-shade  of  others, some  died  due  to  your  life vacancies. can  you  try  you  leaders  to  think  a head  not  near  budget or  salaries but  to  be  caretakers  leaders. think beyond  your  nose  please  my  government. when  you  now  rule  the  way  you  are  doing  the upcoming  generation  would  follow  your  fake  foot -step  and  there  would  be  no  country. Try  to  do  your  duties  according  to  the  will  of  God  not  man’s  will.
    As  now,my  request  to you as  government specially  security.  this  is  my  feeling  to  my  people” I  DO  NOT  NEED  THAT  DIVISON  EIGHT  WHERE  IT IS, AT PANEPANDIAR”
    Why  are  they  there, preventing  country  from  crocodile  attack?  or  fish  attack? as  i  know  millitary  barrack  or  camp  is  normally  allocated  away  from non military(mothoniin)
    Again  why  is  it  soldiers  carry  out  police  duties?  Or  you  country  got upsidedown protocol  of  ruling?
    please  my  country, do  all  other  nonentity  activities,but  let  respect  human right-life
    it   is  very  pang  for  people  who  are  patriotic  when  see  people  being  harass.
    please  dicuss  this  issue  of  division  eight  to  be  move  away  fom  there  and  i  would  be  happy. my  people  are  also  facing  rapping  cases  from  that  military, animal raiding  and  night  breakout  of  properties apart  from  this  brutality  killing  of  innocent  people.
    please  if  you  are  doing  according  to  justies, do  it  as  i  have  said sir  before  GOD. Tell  kolnyang  mp  too, mayom  Gong that  rapping  division  to  be  move  away  and  only  be  left  community  police.
    Iam  sorry  for  death  of  Mayol  kuch  Duoi And  Ayuen  Mayom Deng,may thier  blood  explores  over  the  neck  of  the  people  who  cause  these absent  on  this  earth.
    Reported by
    Deng  Agau  kuch Duoi.
    from Panepandiar village
    miithkebai says
    “Division  EIGHT  MUST  GO”.

  • deng agau

    May  uncle  mayol  kuch  rest  in  peace  and  the  rest  who  died  in  this  month  in  south  sudan.
    iam  patriotic  to  my  people panepandiar,payam,county,tribe, states,country  religion  and  my continent. my  great  pals too
    Nice  sunday  service.

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