Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
August 5, 2011 (BENTIU) – Over 5,000 refugees have arrived in South Sudan’s Unity State, according to the UN and other organisations working in the are, after being displaced by fighting over the last month between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in the north Sudan state of South Kordofan last June.
Since South Sudan became independent, Khartoum has demanded that SPLA members from North Sudan move to South Sudan, disarm or integrate into SAF. Khartoum says that the fighting, which began in Kadugali on July 5 was triggered by an SPLA attack on a police station.
Around 70,000 people are estimated to have been displaced by the fighting. Most are thought to have moved north but some, like the 5,113 who entered Unity State, moved southward into newly independent South Sudan.
On Thursday Unity State officials witnessed the Situation in Parieng County where many of the refugees had arrived.
A joint committee consisting of internationals NGO’s and the Unity State government has agreed to offer immediate permanent settlement to refugees from South Kordofan in Parieng County.
The commissioner of Parieng Mabeak Lang Bilkuey and the Abdul Elbagi Ali the of Elbouram, across the border in South Kordofan have indicated that Yida would be an appropriate place to resettle refugees coming from South Kordofan.
Bilkuey added that it is the task of state government and his county to allocate a good land for these refugees settlement in the state.
Hussein Algumballa a representative of the Nuba refugees urged international NGOs to provide humanitarian assistance. Algumballa briefed the United Nations agencies and Unity State government officials during their visits to Parieng on the solutions for the refugees, who he said were suffering in Yida.
He said that the situation of refugees in Yida is becoming worse every day since they had travelled for 13 days to escape the violence in South Kordofan.
David Mulbah United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) protection officer based in Unity State said that the best allocation of refugees must be a minimum of 50 kilometres away from the border of the two countries. He said that poor roads in the area would be a major issue for settlers in Parieng County.
The Unity State deputy governor William Dawut Riak joined both UN agencies and the state officials in pledging to find a good environment for the settlement of refugees.
Riak said: “The first thing is that we don’t want the refugees to be settle along the border as we already notice what had happen in Jaw and the South Kordofan, so we need to put the refugees in good places and also to have good educations, health’s services and others but not to defended on reliefs alone but to get involved in the agriculture activities”.
He added that he will forward the case to both the state and national governments to find an amicable solution in order to come up with a policy as soon as possible for the settlement of refugees in Unity State. He added that it would not be up to the international community alone to carry out task.
Riak said his government would join hands with development partners to find better solutions for the Nuba refugees.
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Agutran
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Brothers and sister from Kordofan, you’re welcome with the open arms to South Sudan.
We’ve been through that before, we know it, and we feel your pain.
Whatever you need from us and we’ll not hesitate to help if we can.
kinagonago
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Arabs in North Sudan are trying to get rid of Africans in Sudan through “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide”. It is high time for our African tribes in Darfur, Nuba Mts, and Blue Nile to open their eyes widely and join hands to get rids of Arabs instead of them getting rid of us.
Dear Southern Kordufan refufees,
Feel at home in South Sudan. One day, God will give you your rights: right of Self-determination to decide your destiny, and right to live free in the land of your ancestors.
Kina
Kon Ajith Deng
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Let us treat them like our citezens ,nubians are our brothers,they must to be given rights like southerners,they are still waiting for their liberation,we want them rights to move freely in the Republic of South Sudan,I will blame Comarde Hilu about this atrocities in the South Kordofan,he supposed to wait for Southern Kordofan protrcol to be completed,Comarde Hilu had misled by SPLM to start this unpanly war with the North
belle loboi
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
I know Naath Nuer will take care of these people very respectivley without any doubt and dirty politic. Naath Nuer community like their visitors like their sons, daughters, and other extended family for thousands of years. So let us not worried, they are now in the heaven of Naath Nuer community hand.
man koryom
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Welcome home our Nubian people. One day African in Sudan will united once again for one nation and one goal. The goal is, Arabs must leave our land.
MINDED.DUDE
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Bello Loboi,
If you are from Naath community,please,I advise you not to use Didinga name here,called LOboi Belle.Just called yourself Riak machar ro Gai Gatluak, and so forth instead of using some tribes’ names inappropriately.
Loboi is the second born child in Didinga,although am not from their tribe.
Belle mean Homeless person in Buya/didinga combine together.
belle loboi
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Minded,
Minded “Mean Maddog” in Didinga,and Dube mean “naked tribalism” in Adinka. More important, you need to respect Naath Nuer than just mention the most powerful delegates in Naath Nuer otherwise your days are numbers. SORRY TO TALK YOU LIKE THAT BUT YOU NEED TO RESPECT YOUR PEOPLE LIKE ME.
MINDED.DUDE
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
mrs. Loboi,
Just tell me that you were married to Didinga boy as simple as that. If even if you make a thorough research about the name called Loboi in entire world,you will still find only in Chukudum/ Didinga land.
And what is deegate??????
am feel sorry to talk to class 8 failures or form 4 with D & F Grades.
John Gum
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
i crieeed when i see my suffering people like this,i appeal to our government of south-sudan to treat our nubian brothers and sister correctly by giving them all the necessary needed,you all welcome and note we there in nuba,we can not abandon ourself leaving you in suffering.south-kordofan will automatically come to the south.
Martin Muong
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Unity is strength as the saying goes. Africans need to unite themselves to sort out the problem of marginalization in Sudan. I wish Yusuf Kuow was still alive to unite stupid people like Mohammed Ali who enjoy enthrallment and slavery of Arabs. It is very clear that the Arabs wanted to kill all the African tribes in Sudan otherwise the Africans will leave their cradle land to Arabs whose originated place is widely known as Arabia. This time round the Arabs will face the bravery of Africans especially the problem of border demarcation. Ibrahim Kalil is coming from Darfur to Khartoum again. Mohammed Ali, whose side are you on?. People like you make me sick!. Your people have been displaced while you are still backing up Arabs in Khartoum, what kind of stupid are you?. Remember there is saying “when going gets tough the tough get going”. Don’t worry the SPLA will take care of that mess in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofun. Long live All African tribes in Sudan.
Long live South Sudan defence force.
SSLA supporter
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
When will some of our south Sudanese politicians stop hypocrisy and start to think realistically? What sense it makes to talk about helping refugee from northern sudan when our so-called citizens of RSS themselves are living under endemic famine since the beginning of the civil war to date,living just like refugee in their own country? How can that dwarf called Riek Machar hypocritically talk about sheltering or resettling those 5,000 displaced person from northern sudan while people of unity state under the corrupt leadership of governor Taban Deng,Gai are living like inhuman without decent shelter and going without food on daily basis regardless of the 2% of oil revenue allocated to his state for service delivery there.
So, from where are you going to find the resource to spend on the refugee when you don’t them for your starving people of unity state, hypocrisy isn’t ??
If you have resource to spend in helping southern kordofan refugee then why are you unable to reparate millions of our internally and internationally displaced southern Sudanese for resettlement in their homeland, how, can you help those refugee when you struggling to look after those southern returnee from northern sudan with some have already returned to north as they prefer to live as the so-called second class citizens rather than to starve as first class citizens in southern sudan! Hypocrisy is a sin, as Bible says help yourself first before you attempt to help your brother! I have nothing against those poor people of southern kordofan but I don’t want those hypocrite southern politician to use their misery for political consumption and not on humanitarian grounds,God knows my intention.
If SPLM genuinely wants to help those poor people of Nuba let it advise El Hilu to stop insurgency there and genuinely engage in peaceful settlement of the root causes of the problem, let SPLM not encourage rebellions in northern sudan because that will end up victimizing the poor people there which will backfire on us at the end like those five thousand refugee that have been displaced to our poor country. Why SPLM is supporting El Hilu whose,rebellion has the same motives as that of Gorge Athur Dut, so what is different between him and Athur if he simply took arm because he didn’t win the election for the governorship of southern kordofan state ?? Let Hilu make peace wirh Khartoum so as to end the suffering of his people ones and for good.
AUGUSTINO DENG
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
It is something very shameful indeed if people in Sudan are still being marginalized and forced to scatter all over within Sudan.
Second, the government of Southern Sudan under the feign leadership of Salva Kiir Miyardit had completely forget about the Nubian people. The Nubia people fought against arabs and many of them died in the war especially in Gilo River. Today, why did Salva Kiir turned Nubian people down like they were not in the Movement?
If the Late Dr John Garang de Mabior was alive, then I don’t think whether the Nubian people should be suffering like this. Many atrocities are still happening in Southern Sudan such as insecurity within the Southern Sudanese Civilians, such as the Dinka Ngok of Abyei, the Dinka Ruweng Community of Biemnom county, and the Dinka Panaruu of Panrieng County in Unity State. All these communities on the horn of Sudan are indeed facing many consequences and Salva Kiir Miyardit turned away himself from these communities.
If Akon county of Dinka Awan-Chan in which Salva Kiir Miyardit belong is the one in place of Nuba, Abyei, Ruweng Biemnom and Panaruu of Panrieng, then Salva Kiir should have to take an initiative and solution about what to do to free these communities. Salva Kiir Miyardit is a weak and a weak leader full of cowardice reputations and hegemony in which he likes his own home cabinets of his tribe to work with him. By the way, “lack of knowledge is a disease.”
By Augustino Deng. Jech la mer from Tharpam.
AUGUSTINO DENG
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
It is something very shameful indeed if people in Sudan are still being marginalized and forced to scatter all over within Sudan.
Second, the government of Southern Sudan under the feign leadership of Salva Kiir Miyardit had completely forget about the Nubian people. The Nubia people fought against arabs and many of them died in the war especially in Gilo River. Today, why did Salva Kiir turned Nubian people down like they were not in the Movement?
If the Late Dr John Garang de Mabior was alive, then I don’t think whether the Nubian people should be suffering like this. Many atrocities are still happening in Southern Sudan such as insecurity within the Southern Sudanese Civilians, such as the Dinka Ngok of Abyei, the Dinka Ruweng Community of Biemnom county, and the Dinka Panaruu of Panrieng County in Unity State. All these communities on the horn of Sudan are indeed facing many consequences and Salva Kiir Miyardit turned away himself from these communities.
If Akon county of Dinka Awan-Chan in which Salva Kiir Miyardit belong is the one in place of Nuba, Abyei, Ruweng Biemnom and Panaruu of Panrieng, then Salva Kiir should have to take an initiative and solution about what to do to free these communities. Salva Kiir Miyardit is a weak and a weak leader full of cowardice reputations and hegemony in which he likes his own home cabinets of his tribe to work with him. By the way, “lack of knowledge is a disease.”
By Augustino Deng. Jech la mer from Tharpam.
Marco A. Wek
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Mr. Supporter of SSLA, while it is true our people are struggling at this time due to lack of services caused primarily by the northern sudan oppressions since the so called in dependence of 1956, yet that does not prevent the our baby country from giving hand of support to our African rothers and sisters of the Nuba Mountains. South sudan is fertile land and until UNHCR gives support to those brothers and sisters, they will survie the same way we have been surving in the south without any government help.
Southerners whether in Upper Nile, Equatoria or Bahr El Ghazal haven’t been given handouts by any government even that of north sudan. That is, our people whether being it southerners or Nudas are used to strugling for themselves. What they need more importantly is their lives safety while food is a secondary concern and I am sure you will agree with me in this regard.
Brothers and sisters of the great Nuba Mountains, you are welcome to your people and whatever your brothers and sisters eat in Unity State being it any food, grass, fish or while fruits, they will share with you no doubt about that. I know you are great people and I have personally lived in the Nuba Mountains, Starting from Kadugli, Daleng, Buram, Lagowa, Thorogi, Mirri Bara and Mirri Juwa as well as Agolo.
Aliny pathou
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
What naath are u talking about? Mr belle
Naath are impatient community, who do not stand in one occasion or position.that is why Nubian choosed to go parieng_panaruuN because they dont truth Nuer in General. Nuer can be good today and tommorrow change. Like Gadat yak case. He for sure gat yak(mean hyena) that what yak mean in Nuer. In Dinka language, they said, hyena go to where he/she can find a food. That is exactly what gatdet is doing. He is a hyena not a human being
Aliny pathou
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Do not worry my friend Augustino.
Yes, kiir have failured dramatically, he is in the leadership for only Awan chan nyol. Those,
Marginalization
Injustic
Nepotism
Croniesm
Favorism and others kind of ism are things that let us took up arm against succussion government in Khartoum for really Augustino. If it happened for anyone to denied us those above mention. Why not fight him? I mean any kind of modern warfare including political debates. If not so, than let join General George Athor Deng in the bush to liberate our right from our sucession brother in Juba
Aliny jac la mar in tharpam like you
Thanks
kinagonago
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Dear all,
Ali is not an Arab. He is a traitor of his own people who pretend to be arab but his color will not change. He is an arab mentally, religiously, and African originally.
Shame on him!
Shame on his religion!
Shame on his arab mentality!
Shame to those who pretend that they are not African. May the almighty God strike them during this rainny seasons like what he did to those arabs soldiers in Darfur whom a building collapse on thyem.
Kina
kinagonago
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
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belle loboi
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Aliny,
I know what you mean you mean that Naath Nuer do not like corruption that is why H.E Gatdet Yaka was trying to fight. Naath Nuer do not worry about losing highly position because they care more about freedom of everyone in South Sudan. for example, 3 millions was stolen by Pagan Amum and nobody talk about it even Kiir himself that is why H.E Gatdet and Gatluak Gai was fighting for.
mohammed ali
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
KINENANGO,
Should I sell my land and enslave myself on my own country and remain a foreigner on my own land ; then you consider me non-Arab.
Wake up man , you have already been sold!
kinagonago
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
Mohammed Ali,
Go ahead man! Do whatever you like.
SSLA supporter
Over 5,000 refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Unity State for settlement
My brother Marco A Weck
Sorry to response to your comment late, anyway, I agree with you that we,can help them on humanitarian ground, not because we have enough for,ourselves but just to share with them the little we have, what I am rejecting here is the exploitation of the misery of those refugee for political consumption. What I don’t condone and categorically condemned is the hypocrisy of some of our leaders by taking about resettling the refugee from north sudan that is still accommodating not less than a million southern Sudanese internally displaced person. So, if we have enough to help the refugee with then why the government is unable to repatriate those IDPs for resettlement in our country. What about repatriation and resettlement of southern Sudanese refugee living in the neighboring countries?? Let our charity start right from our home, otherwise helping others people while our own people are going without any food, shelter and clean drinkable water. So, if we can’t look after our people isn’t hypocrisy from our so-called southern Sudanese politicians?