Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
June 13, 2009 (JUBA) — Armed tribesmen clashed with the southern Sudan army when they attacked during the weekend barges carrying UN food aid, unconfirmed reports say hundreds of people were killed.
The Sobat River, a tributary of the White Nile, is the only transport route available to channel goods to Akobo during the rainy season, when roads are flooded.
The relief assistance is destined to Akobo which is Lou Nuer County in Jonglei state. UN officials say the supplies are vital to support some 18,000 displaced people in Akobo who fled their homes in fighting earlier this year.
The Jikany Nuer blocked the humanitarian assistance in Nasir to revenge attacks on Torkech Luak-Piny County, Upper Nile, when 70 people, mostly children and women, were killed by attackers allegedly Lou Nuer from Akobo County, last May.
The clashes erupted when the SPLA soldiers said they would escort the barges to the town of Akobo, even by force, the blocked aid in spite of the tribesmen opposition.
The barges were carrying sorghum and other food for thousands of people displaced by tribal fighting.16 boats managed to return to Nassir, but the fate of the 11 other barges was still unknown. “Nobody knows their real conditions now,” said the WFP official.
Reports from the region say hundreds were killed and many others wounded but no official figures about the causalities of the fighting.
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Ajinhliak kepiiny
Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
My Nuer friends, What a big shame it is to riot an annihilate your own people to the extend of this quantity !
I am worry and shock about this repeatable deaths of civilians in South Sudan.
I curse you and no thanks to the culprits.
Joseph
Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
I don’t blame civilian I blame Nasir commissioner who fail to take any action or bring the two communities to make peace after Lou Nuer attack Torkech payam were more than 73 people killed, properties and cattle was taken.
During previous and current attack commissioner usually escape from county because he couldn’t no how to convince or bring peace to his people.
In fact Nasir commissioner Mr. Gathoth Gatkuoth suppose to be change during reshuffle, but recommended by his brother in-law who is chairman of SPLM in Upper Nile state to continue as a commissioner.
Kindly advising politician to bring peace whereby two communities Jikang and Lou should negotiation to end the fighting between them.
Sala Gai
Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
Dear Junglei state people
I wise you my people of Junglei state to come back to your normal life of thinking,you were the best people of the Southern Sudanese who are Intelligence, but now you have learn activities of other people who have wrong activities.
come back to your good activities to lead once more
if you are not happy 4 this comment, go to hell
Dinka Aliap Chawul
Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
As long tribesmen continue to hold illegal arms in the South the longer they suffering of innocent people as well the defiance of rule of law and the state aparratus such as the army,police,civil authorities,political leaders etc.GOSS must be vigiliants in bringing some kind of peace amongst rivals tribes in entire South otherwise GOSS will be the one to pay the price in next year elections.Solutions to all these problems fully rely on military because these cattle keepers have defiances their parental rules and thereby becoming independent from everyone,especially some can kills the people within yet they looks forwards to create more than that in other community inorder to prompt response which could be bloodily clashes btn his & other tribe so that his problems remain undiscussed.SPLM must be quick to resolves these problems if not South will be like Somalia/Sri Lanka rebels of Timal Tigers Liberations Elleum(Homeland)that was demolished this may by Sri Lankan govt of which its displace people are still been kept in the camps now by national army because they`re not their people and still believe in LTTE ideologise of independent, so that movement start in the same year of 1983 with ours(SPLA/M).The reasons i`ve connect such to ours is that these tribal wars will not only destroy the livelyhoods of our people but it will damage independent aspirations of South Sudanese people and should be deal with in longest terms by GOSS,literates and the civilise society because their focusing on deminising dream of U the students and a political lives since no one of us could exercise his/her works/politics peacefully in such a environment due to these tribal idiots.There`s great needs to reforms judiciary symtems and police if we`re to keep our decades dream alive,keeping troops in the bordering areas while leaving your people at home to kills themselves like an animal is unhelpsful.WE`RE GOING TO OVERCOME ALL THESE PROBLEMS SINCE NOTHING CAN BE COMPLETED WITHOUT OBSTACLES.GOD SAVE OUR PEOPLE!!
Ajawuk Juma
Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
TO Kim Deng,
I am really very sorry for the lives lost during the clashes between armed tribesmen and southern Sudan army. I don’t know when these people are going to consider themselves and behave like human beings.
This attack is deplorable!!!! the criminal (S) must be brought to justice if found. This land of peace for all southern Sudanese. Please leave tribalism and uncivilised behaviours behind and let think about the future of this nation.
I don’t know what do those of you ( Kim Deng ) think about this tragic incidents which occurs every now and then in our country
My dear country men/ women I quoted Mr Kim Deng when he made a comment during SPLM Convention in Juba three years ago that ”Southern Sudan would have been like Rwanda (Genocide)” if Dr Riek Machar was removed from his position of vice president.
Mr Kim Deng is this the situation you like your country to be? you guys must be lacking something in your thinking ability. I doubt if you are really southern sudanese.
There is no where in this world will sound minded person admire Rwanda genocide. In which we (Africans) looked stupid in the eye of the world.
my advice to my fellow Southern Sudanese we have to know the effects of our comments to the country and the entire world readers when commenting on this aricle page!!!!!
raanaguachraan
Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
Dear, Jikany people, why do you behaved like that to attack convoy vehicles of humanitarian aid of the world food?
attacking always won’t helped you from your desired by only killing your blood brotherhoods in that way you have practiced it as shameful live to your community in whole.
if you people trying believed on magic rod of ngundeng, then
you will never achieved peace within you people of Jikany community. that rod is for destructions not for achieving peace in southern Sudan or Sudan in whole.
peace will come from Holy God as written from book of Isaiah
chapter 18.
my countrymen be aware of risks others people life as important gift from mighty God who is creator of living creatures. you must cares for others not destroying them but
saving them like yourselves you people. shame to Riek Machar
who brainwashed nuer mind by leading them into the cause of destruction as their wages resulted into a lost of life to many people around.
if Riek machar is for peace, why not for himself to go and proclaiming peace amongst Nuer communities if he though that
his people whom fool them are still after him or love him
anymore?
traitor like Riek Gai and Riek machar are behind this problem.
Joseph
Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
NEWS
The SPLA’s soldiers are currently using sexual abuse to women in Nasir. Secondly it’s not food alone, two boats loaded with guns and bullets
actiongatkuothgat
Armed tribesmen clash with SPLA after attack on relief barges
hi lou nuer.
please stop killing each other.
what awful you did now?
your not
soppost to clash with spla arms.