No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
By Manyang Mayom
November 7, 2007 — Equatorians police death show useless view on GOSS and GOUN government, The dead of four policemen officers in Yambio is a great lost to South Sudan government and Iam very sure that nobody can reborn human being; it is imposable all over the world. There is no human being create other human being.
I would like to advise my fellow Equatorians people and Dinka people to remove out in their mind a statement call Dinka soldiers or Equatorians Soldiers, this is wrong term. There is no movement of Dinka or movement of Equatoria around South Sudan primes or North Sudan territory. Iam sure SPLA are not tribal soldiers, they are all equal fighting to bring out Southern Sudan as independent country or to deal for unity of Sudan to become democracy country for equal right of every citizens instead of discriminations move in Sudan which was infect been placed on Southerner by Northerner regime government.
The formation of JIU and Police is the outbreak of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA( in Sudan of which of you had witness in Kenya in 2005 during the great ceremony that brought the world together to witnessed the ending of death in Africa “this was not belong to Dinka or Equatoria people who bring this peace alone, it was both of you who agree to die for your country and bring the peace gearing you with system.
Also noted that justice is not belong to Dinka nor Equatorians people, everybody in Sudan was born and found justice as a book to be respected like other religious in Sudan such as now, many people in Sudan always die in face of religious focus like Darfur where GAD is call by Bashir regime government. “I appeal to Dinka and Equatorians people to adopt the Rule of Law and to avoid ignorance of leadership by claiming that this is Dinka or so on.”
The work of journalism is professional key field that avoid discrimination and tribalism, it doesn’t require which tribe are you supporting or government. I appeal to Sudanese journalist to avoid support wrong tune that cause destruction of Sudanese party.
The dead of those four police officers in Yambio is tear and sad news around the Southern Sudan, especially upon their colleague who join fight with them during the North Sudan war, it is shock to lost your workmate who had save your life.
I believe Brigadier General Michael Sebit Josua from Kakuwa tribe, Lt. Col. Abbud Abdalla Isa Wani from Pojulu tribe and Major Joseph Armino from Zande tribe along other seven police whose names are yet to be released are not belong to those tribes mentioned, they are belong to Southern Sudan and I term them as founders of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and wrong image of missing them again today is the unless move against the government of Southern Sudan who had not put down the Rule of Law to governance local police and Soldiers who use to move without proper barrack although JIU had a barrack without control management from their leadership of two system of GONU and GOSS.
I would like aware everybody that those individuals people should be held accountable of what they did, not the tribe. Let us not use this death of police officers as an occasion for ethnic divisions and hatred among ourselves Southerners. “Rule of Law as the SPLM now is talking for the Movement to be transformed into democracy country” this is the first step that can show SPLM is going to solve such wrong image creating separation among it people in South nor North as enters of ten States of Southern Sudan will fall off.
Dinka and Equatorians people should not be left in the way they want. This is beyond primitivism, although Rule of Law had been broken both-side of Equatoria and Dinka. This is a very serious test to GOSS and its Justice system in the emerging nation called (Cush) to exercise the transformation of Freedom, justice and equal citizen in Sudan that was most claimed by SPLM leaderships and NCP. Our society is a free society today, and therefore, it is a duty of our government to make sure that things are handled in an appropriate manner neither applying injustice to her people. It is tragic and many of us are running short of how to describe the killing of innocent citizens serving their Country, there are many killing spreading from all different state of Sudan since the signing of (CPA) and the government is silent without get a solution for bring the civil into right track. This because the local people thing that we are supporting their emotions instead to quench their hanger over the issue by promising them that the law would take its cause. Otherwise I regret for the lost of our brother life at this wonderful time of peace.
The author is a Sudan Tribune journalist. He can be reached at [email protected]
monyejur
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
Mr. Manyang Mayom, I think you need to revise your statement again because your advise should not go to Equatorians but rather to your own brothers the Barbaric and Uncivilized Dinkas.
Why are you advising the Equatorians and for what are you advising them? Do you think that the Equatorians in their History they are a type of people who needed to be advise? and the worst is that you are a Dinka and you think you can advise them!!!! Sorry and shame for you!!!
Why don’t you advise your own brothers for the animalistic behaviour they are doing all over the South? They killed our Equatorians Hiros and we deeply lost them and now in greater sorrow, and you think also of advising us? Have you seen that the Equatorians wanted to revenge or to do something against Dinkas? Why are you afread of what your brothers deed? “Who ever sows a bad seed will reap its harvest”
PLEASE Manyang!!! re-wright your statement again and let your Headings be “An advise to my fellow Barbaric and Animalistic Brothers; The Dinkas Soldiers”
And bear in your mind that; there is no what you called the “Equatorian Army” in the south, but rather its the Dinka Army who are dominating the SPLA Soldiers from the top to the least.
The Equatorians are ever Civilized from their History of Origin and I greatly salute them one by one for their silence and patiency in their different locations all over the World. The Dinkas should put in their mind that its We the Equatorians who are gurrenteeing the CPA, but once we are tied of this Barbaric and animalistic behaviour of Dinkas and got arose all over the greater equatoria- then that will be a time where the Dinkas will look for caves and holes where they can run and hide themselves. The history of Equatorians are well known in the south even the Dinkas knows that.
Long live greater Equatorians.
Kujur
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
Dear All
It is naive and immoral to generalise or associate the whole tribe or ethnic into individual act, JIU and SPLA/M have never been considered by Dinka’s as their property.
Yambio incident is tragic and terrified to all peace lovers and those who believe in humanity, the officers killed in Yambio police station were killed in duty and they are heros and we have to wait for GOSS to bring those responsible for that action under the rule of law.
Shame on you for not giving your critical analysis on how and what steps GOSS has taken to address that situation.
Peace brothers and may Almighty rest the souls of those kills in his eternal life and give strength the love one with courage till those who kill them put under the justices.
Guem David
Canberra ACT
queen
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
Dear Manyang,
Your piece of writing in Tribune titled (No Equ. or Dinka…..) really have clarified all nonesenses to bring about division among our people. Great job and keep it up.
Cheers
Yai Joseph de Dut
Manou
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
I think Manyang Mayom, should get out of the shell of ignorance he is in, for a journalist he degrades the profession . Having said that, I should blame the GOSS for this, because since they got into power, I haven’t seen any significant development in the crucial area of legislature. If put in place, such people can’t get away with impunity, because the “orders from above” will regulated. They way it is now, it’s jungle law and we’ll keep blaming each other until we are all finished/consumed by this situation.
You said that there are no Dinka or Equatoria soldiers in the Sudan, how comes, then it happens that since an alleged killer(dinka Soldier) was arrested and put it, then other Dinkas came to break him out of jail; killing three innocent people in the process? That alone is a strong statement that means “WE ARE UNTOUCHABLE”. I don’t think they it ever occurred to them that the tens or hundreds of prisoners in that prison could have committed much lighter sentences, but Oh! no! He is a dinka we must break him out, these equatorians can’t hold our brother in shackels. I have been in situations where I was asked “R u Equatorian or Sudanese?”.
Two dinkas disappear in W.equatoria because they had to go grazing their cattle, their brothers go killing the local on claims that their brothers disappeared, afew days later they reappeared healthy and strong. What did the government do? ur quess is as obviuos as mine.
An equatorian runs down (knocks)a dinka by mistake, what happens in Rumbek? “get the next equatorian and shoot him to replace their lost brother, and authorities do not do anything about it.
The disturbing thing here is that despite all the atrocities carried out by mostly dinkas, the other dinkas in positions of influence do not strongly condemn the actions of those involved.
I’d like to hear from a dinka person, that equatorians did wrong things to them, and no action was taken against them. The rule of double standards divide the community.
queen
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
Hi Mayom,
I’m a great admirer of your quest to be a good journalist and I hope
you do more to improve on that. My advice to you is that you’ve got
great and brilliant ideas but I think you’ve got a serious deficiency in
your writing skills. i also think you should do a serious review of your
ideas and flow of language before you post it out on a public domain.
Also avoid the use of unnecessary jargons. The art of writing is about
flow, coherence of ideas and the structure of your ideas in an
interesting literary understanding. One way that you can polish up your literacy
skills is doing an extensive reading in literature and it is also
advisable for you to go back for an English enhancing course.
Nevertheless, please do not take this as a discouragement to your
career but rather, take it as an advice. You’ve got excellent ideas and
moreso, you are enthusiastic about writing.
All the best and I hope this doesn’t bear ahrd feelings.
your sincerely,
Mayek Mayek Riak
Bob Tata
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
My commiseration to the victims of this inexcusable murdering of our beloved soldiers and I am personally in the name of Greater Nuer communities asking almighty God to accept them by his side with the righteous and to comfort their loved ones as well!
Moreover, I would like to beg my people from Greater Equatoria region to play calm and wisdom regarding this cowardly and mindlessly executed murdering of our innocence officers! I beg you not to take it as tribal issue as I believe many Dinka people are ashamed by this stupid act!
For GoSS! it a must to bring those who perpetrated this criminal act to face justice if you are interested in the unity of our country! Let this act not to go without any punishment in order to avoid any of these immoral behaviour from SPLA malitia forces in the future! As I believe no one wants to see a fragmented South Sudan, as this is a big examination for GoSS!
I am urging both communities not to take this unaccepted behaviour personally between their two greater tribes!
Everyone must pressurise the GoSS to do what the government is meant to do at this critical time!
I believe no one can refute the price paid by the Greater Equatorians during the war! thus it makes it nonsense for any group to feel superior to them in the GoSS or GoNU! instead they are the one to be regarded as the greatest! Let us not Somalise our country! Unity is crucial for all of us unless for now as we still have a very long way to go!
Bob Tata
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
My commiseration to the victims of this inexcusable murdering of our beloved soldiers and I am personally in the name of Greater Nuer communities ask almighty God to accept them by his side with the righteous and to comfort their loved ones as well!
Moreover, I would like to beg my people from Greater Equatoria region to play calm and wisdom regarding this cowardly and mindlessly executed murdering of our innocence officers! Don’t take it as a tribal issue as I believe many Dinka are being ashamed by this stupid act!
For GoSS! It a must to bring those who perpetrated this crime to face justice if you are interested in the unity of our country! Let this act not to go without any punishment just to avoid any of these immoral behaviours in the future!
As no one wants to see a fragmented South Sudan and as someone pointed out, this a big examination for GoSS to pass!
I hope both communities will not take this unaccepted behaviour personally between their two greater tribes!
Everyone must pressurise the GoSS to do what the government is meant to do at this critical time! No one can refute the price paid by the Greater Equatorians during the war! the thing will make it nonsense for any group to feel superior to them in the GoSS or GoNU! instead they should feel as the greatest! Let us not Somalise our country as unity is crucial for us unless for now as we still have a very long way to go!
Bol Thourmuck of Greater Nuer Greater Nasir(UK)
Samuel Kuyee
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
Yes, some are true when they say that there is Dinkas Army in south; why true becuase the Dinka have no shame that to nominate all economical posts where there are money, you can get a dinka sitting there whether doing any or NOT, they call themselves or this government that “ Kuma Tok, wek jeng“, also Dinka have no shame to rebuke themselves, that there is war coming soon; and no one will fight this war while these coward, consumer are sitting there for an economic!
It is well known that Dinka did not fought in front line since the beginning of 1983 except looking where there is money and trying to use others tribes in south as their weapons, becuase they are very cowards they only like just to comsume what they did not done!
Dinkas are nominates the SPLA and even the GOSS the economical positions where they can get money. But let me tell you something my fellows dinkas there is a war which is coming don’t run a way, and put in mind that when you nominate the military knows that you will see the consequence!
Samuel Kuyee
Malakal
Pete
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
My condolences to goes to the families of decease police officers in Yambio. Thanks for devote yourself to serve people of Southern Sudan. Your lost was tragedy to people of Southern Sudan.
To those who are bugging and escalating tribalism against Dinka. Bugging on Dinka and escalating tribalism will not bring back the dead or solving the problem either. Monyejur and Santo you guys need not evaluate yourself before you act stupid and childishly in public places.
First, insulting Dinka will solve the problem. Secondly, insulting Dinka will not bring back the dead police officers. And thirdly, there is nothing called “Dinka Soldiers, Dinka Army, Dinka Force or whatever military related that you associated with Dinka.” It doesn’t matter how dominant is Dinka in army. Still they have devoted themselves to serve Southern Sudanese people. If you still insisting called those individuals who involved in committing crime as Dinka then you will face the question of “why those officers were are all Equatorians?” Was this discrimination? No, there is no law that stated, all policemen must be from the same tribe of the State but since there was no discrimination involvement; we can’t blame any dominant of Yambio officer as all Equatorians but we called them Southern Sudanese officers.
Escalating tribalism among Southerners will not bring any good but only “useless” and more deaths. Even if, you united Equatorians and Nuers against Dinka it will not solve the problem either until then there will no beneficiary to Equatorians, Nuers, and Dinkas. I’m sure hundred percent there is no Nuer that will accept your claim of uniting against Dinka. The only Equatorians that will accept your claims; are illiterate people like you Monyejur and Santo who claim to be civilize while doesn’t have ability or logic to solve a problem even though they are living in western world but the whole great Equatoria are not even standing behind your troublous mind.
Stop dividing people in to tribal and hatred instead of dividing people into innocence and crime-committers and the let justice prevailed itself.
All these claims and accusation of Dinkas being dominants of every thing will not successes south as we are still rambling among ourselves. These are just words of advice for your future benefit in case you become the next person in societies.
Make a brake through to find a common ground of solving issues. Stop escalating violence; violence is not a solution to problm my God bless weakest mind.
Tito Palson
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
Spot on Manyang. There is nothing call Dinka or Equatorian SPLA in the country of South Sudan. I know how deeply these brothers and sisters have been affected by the death of the our fellow compatriots but nothing in the nature of SPLM would justify the categorization of its forces as this or that tribe. Of course there are criminals but we should be subjective here. No matter what tribe they come from,no matter what had happen in the past, we simply don’t have the right to call them Dinka.
For those who call yourselves Equatorians for this matter, don’t be illuded by the impact your words would make to our brothers and sisters on the ground. Having this attitude of being from this and that tribe in the operations of SPLM never been so pleasing,- history can tell. So I urge my fellow Southerners to refrain from those provacative and damaging remarks, but only turn our effort to pressuring the GoSS and the SPLA to apprehend the pepetuators of this criminal act for it is only this will show how civilize we are. we must remain united in all situations, sad or joying ones. We must come togather to laid this shaky foundation of our unity and that is the only way we will defeat our enemies.
Paul
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
I am really getting irritated with all the noise going and coming from some emotional Equatorians about the death allegation of the Police officers toward Dinka. My question is what do you want Dinka as a tribe to do other than sympathizing with you over issue?? Do you want Dinka to kneel down and lick your feet?? To be honest, “No” dinka ever wanted to tolerate the killing of innocents police officers who were serving their country be they be Equatorians, Nuer, Nubian, Murle, Anyuak, Taposa, or Uduks. Please please stop generalizing or attacking tribe in which I happened to be over an action made by some stupid individual in in JIU. Honestly, I am Not happy with you, Emotional Equatorians. Stop generalizing Dinka, because some individual within you are also not perfect. Please notice every community got its own black dogs. We the dinka are against what had happened,and we are condemning and sympathizing especially with families of the deceased yet, some equatorians are using the situation by harassing the greater and respectful tribes of Dinka.
Juach D Juach
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
Enough is Enough, we are beyond the elastic limit to console these idiots (Equatorians) that are taking Yambio incident to advance their own agenda. How many Dinka generals have died in cold blood under your hands? We tried to be in solidarity with you but fools like Imatongas think that’s a sign of weakness!
Nothing is new between Equatorian alliance with Jallaba and any other party that is anti Dinka but we prevailed ….
I am not pro murderers but caught up between a wall and jumping into a deep sea, of which i don’t want to do any of them. It is upon you to choose between the rule of law or we do it the hard way!!!.
Long Muonyjang Long Live SPLA/M
Pothwei Apet Bangoshoth
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
First of all,I would like to send condolence to family members of our beloved patriots who were falen on the hands of unknown criminals. It is really so sad to hear that our people are still dying from gunshot up to this moment but it is shame to some of our indivdeual brothers Equatorians to asume and generalize Dinka as a most wrong doer community in Sudan. I urge them to rethink about long and terrible civil war that we had just left behind and peobably still coming back.
Our hearts are broken from this killing but, let us see what authorities will do agaist that. I believe that these people will be brought to justice. May God bless
Matthew
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
I think the Dinka are now wrong. You are being defensive and this is not good. Generally, I have read all the articles and commence but what amuzed me is that some of the Dinka rushed saying that how many Dinka people have been killed by Equatorian, logically, meaning that the killing was killed intentionally. For my brothers Equatorians, please let no one decieve you that you are cowards. Equatorian are the most deadliest if it come to fighting and the Torit Mutiny of 1955 is evidence while our brothers (Jiang) were still running naked in the kraals and most of their elites were busy leaking their hands from Ful Masir with the Arabs. It was the Equatorian who discovered that the Arabs are enemies. The Dinkas are many but tactically, they are naive and that is why the bullets got them at a wrong place and times and any where.
The Dinkas should not be proud that they are brave people. I would like to ask those who are saying Equatorians are coward about the Chukudum incident when uncivilized late Cdr. Agwang was gunned down by Comrade Lorot? The issue was suppose to be Dinka Vs. Didinga in Chukudum but the SPLA decided to use it machinery against the Didinga people, did they succeed? No way Comrade Lorot taught Jiang the lesson that they will never forgot in their history and where was Comrade Lorot from? He was an Equatorian, a very great Equatorian and if Lorot today pass Juba, the Dinka will panic to death. This is just one tribe from Eastern Equatoria who had defeated the SPLA (Dinka). Secondly, today Murle warriors are abducting Dinka children at gun point, what have the brave Dinka did to rescue their bonny children from the Murle? Murle alone can teach them the lesson and where are the Murle from?, they are from Eastern Equatoria but wrongly purged to Upper Nile?
Thirdly, I would like to ask the Dinka what happened in 1992 when SPLA was almost anihiliated when the Nuer who chase them from Torit, Magwi upto Ikotos like dogs? Was it not Ikotos people who came down from all over their mountains to rescue the late chairman along Ramula in the Kidepo Valley? Comrade Kiir even knows this. Who are the people from Ikotos? They are Equatorians and they defended the movement and Ikotos was temporary the headquarters of the movement. People should be realistic and don’t just talk-to-talk otherwise Eastern Equatoria alone although I am from central, could liberate the entire Greater Equatoria from these nasty rats. We have known during the war and we know great fighters (Loulak – 100% Eastern Equatoria boys) they execute operations 100% then afterwards, the Dinka walk in and take charge of control. We who have fought should not be tested and I am warning most of you to back of from this sentiment otherwise, let us first achieve the referendum and then we will see if there are still others who want to intimidate others and they will see where they will take refuge since they have no where to hide like Equatoria where there are mountains.
Long live Southern Sudan,
Long live the late Dr. John
Peter Aarai
No Equatorians or Dinka army in South Sudan
TO: Santos mr. Santos you are right, but dont be too tribal hatred man.brother what do Nuer and Equatorian got to do with joining hands together to the death of officers? what do u mean by long live Equatoria n Nuer? what do that long live got to do with death police officers? the language everybody using will lead
Southern Sudan to the Country of No man land. do u people think first to what u r saying? are we loging in to the internet to tell the world how stupid we southern sudanese are? or do we come to tell the world how English conquer dinkas? dont u people ashame for your selfishness? this is not war b/w dinkas and Equatorian, it is a sadness day for us to mourn our belove one who die by stupid misunderstanding shut.
second to that, I have a test for all of you who have comments in this event.
What does Dinka , Equatorian, Nuer mean? where does all of these words come from? dont be stupid to answered wrong. the one who answere all will get first $50,000 and second $25,000 email me @ http://[email protected]
let’s see who will answere them correctly, accordingly, meaningly and specificly.
result will be announced on Sunday 1850 GMT. I will announce the one who ans them. turn on the radio 96 FM.