S. Sudanese official accuses Khartoum of supporting rebels
February 10, 2015 (JUBA) – A senior South Sudanese official has accused the army in neighbouring Sudan of allegedly entering the young nation in support of rebels loyal to former vice president, Riek Machar.
He claimed the rebels came from Sudan’s direction.
“There is no contradiction in what we have reported the attack in which commissioner survived narrowly. The information we have now shows that it was a coordinated attack,” said Hassan.
“The forces of Riek Machar came from Kafia Kingi, which is controlled by the government of Sudan. They are there. When they launched the attack, they crossed into our territory with heavy weapons provided by the government of Sudan,” he added.
Sudanese government officials were not immediately available to comment.
Hassan is part of a six-member delegation of governors headed to East Africa to brief the various heads of states on the ongoing peace talks aimed at ending the conflict.
“Our mission to East Africa is to go and meet with the regional leaders, especially those who are playing a strong role in the conflict, those who want peace to come to South Sudan,” disclosed Hassan.
“We are going to meet them so they hear from us the on the ground perspectives about peace process from our people,” he added.
South Sudan’s Central Equatoria governor, Clement Wani Konga leads the six-member delegation comprises of his counterparts from Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile, Eastern Equatoria, Western Bahr el Ghazal and Western Equatoria states.
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