SOUTH SUDAN: Fighting Break out Again in the Diocese of Malakal
Fighting
broken out again in the town of Malakal, Upper Nile state (Diocese of Malakal) as
reports said that fresh fighting erupted on Tuesday morning this week.
According to Catholic Radio Network the opposition claim to take control of parts of the
town of Malakal. This is the first major clashes since the government and
rebels signed a ceasefire agreement on January 23, 2014
town of Malakal. This is the first major clashes since the government and
rebels signed a ceasefire agreement on January 23, 2014
Both sides
accused each other of starting the violence in Malakal. The opposition
spokesman, Brigadier General Lul Ruai accused the government forces of
attacking their positions south and east of Malakal while the Presidential
spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said the opposition forces begun the attack at
07:50 Tuesday morning and that the
fighting spread in most parts of the town.
accused each other of starting the violence in Malakal. The opposition
spokesman, Brigadier General Lul Ruai accused the government forces of
attacking their positions south and east of Malakal while the Presidential
spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said the opposition forces begun the attack at
07:50 Tuesday morning and that the
fighting spread in most parts of the town.
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Meanwhile, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
and South Sudan, His Excellency Archbishop Daniel Balvo has said that the civil
society need to be involved in future peace negotiations for the new nation.
Speaking
with the Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA) on February 17, 2014;
the Apostolic Nuncio said that the Civil society
organizations and the Church have already asked the warring factions to lay
down their arms and work out their differences adding that in the end it is the
people who are suffering.
with the Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA) on February 17, 2014;
the Apostolic Nuncio said that the Civil society
organizations and the Church have already asked the warring factions to lay
down their arms and work out their differences adding that in the end it is the
people who are suffering.
“If there is
to be a permanent solution to the problems of South Sudanese, the civil society
needs to be involved not just negotiations on the government level. I know some
of them went on their own to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia recently for the peace
talks anyway but they should be actively involved always,” he said adding that
“It is very hard to promote and create a society with generations of people
that all they have known is violence.”
to be a permanent solution to the problems of South Sudanese, the civil society
needs to be involved not just negotiations on the government level. I know some
of them went on their own to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia recently for the peace
talks anyway but they should be actively involved always,” he said adding that
“It is very hard to promote and create a society with generations of people
that all they have known is violence.”
He said that
in a country that has a lot of resources; it will not be easy to develop them
unless there is peace.
in a country that has a lot of resources; it will not be easy to develop them
unless there is peace.
He noted
that the church was doing a lot to help people in South Sudan through promotion
of their welfare and would continue to ensure that peace prevails in the
nation.
that the church was doing a lot to help people in South Sudan through promotion
of their welfare and would continue to ensure that peace prevails in the
nation.
SOURCE: CRN and AMECEA Social
Communication Office
Communication Office
