Category: General

Local authorities in Mayiandit County of Unity State have confirmed that an MSF health worker identified as Babek Gatluak Paul was killed and 3 other people were wounded on Saturday when armed youth from Koch County raided 200 head of cattle from Rubnor boma.

The commissioner of Mayiandit County, Gatluak Nyang, told Radio Tamazuj Monday that armed youth from Koch County went to Rubnor boma to raid cattle and they targeted the house of Babek Gatluak Paul.

“At 11 am on Saturday, I received information that young boys who came from Koch County attacked to raid cattle in Mayiandit County and they killed this man (Babek) and they took 200 cows from Rubnor Boma,” Commissioner Nyang said. “I talked to my executive director and he rescued and secured the situation and at 1 pm. The youth from Mayiandit went there and they managed to return the 200 raided cows from Koch County.”

He said one of the three wounded people was receiving treatment at the MSF health facility in Leer County while two others are being treated at the Mayiandit County health facility.

He said calm had returned to the area.

“There is no problem now. I even we talked to the commissioner of Koch County and he is very worried about that incident.”

Commissioner Nyang said, together with the commissioners of Leer and Koch counties, they are going to take measures to address the security situation in the area.

Source: Radio Tamazuj

A woman was killed by unidentified gunmen in Mura-Hatiha Village of Torit County in Eastern Equatoria State over the weekend.

The incident happened when four criminals suspected to be from Lalanga village stormed a clay collection area and shot Ibura Paride with four bullets killing her instantly and wounding another person.

The killing shocked residents as Mura-Hatiha has been known to be one of the peaceful villages in the restive Hiyala Payam.

Galileo Ohide, the Hiyala Payam chief told Radio Tamazuj, “Yes, it is true. The incident happened at around 5:30 pm (Friday). Women were going to bring clay to repair their homes and some people came and started shooting at them.”

He added: “One girl under the age of 20 years was killed and another was wounded. This (Saturday) morning the Monyiemiji were following the footmarks. They are now climbing the mountains between Lalanga and Mura-Hatiha but the suspects started burning the grass to hide their footmarks.”

Chief Ohide however urges the Monyiemiji of Mura-Hatiha village to stay away from revenge attacks but report to the government authorities for the law to take its course.

“I am advising the Monyiemiji that even if you go and follow the footmarks, do not take any revenge but report to the authorities,” Chief Ohide advised.

Torit County Commissioner Atari Jacob Albano confirmed the incident and said the deceased woman died on the spot while the other was wounded.

“Some suspected criminals came and shot some two women who were gathering clay to decorate their houses for Christmas. Two women were shot, one died on the spot and the other was shot in the neck,” commissioner Atari said. “First of all, we need to identify the perpetrators, which village has done that, who is behind that killing. The Government cannot take anything just like that when we do not know who has done the crime.”

He however said that according to the preliminary information through tracking the footmarks of the perpetrators, indications are that they came from Lalanga village.

“Monyiemiji were following the footmarks since morning and the footmarks happened to go to that side of Lafon County. There were some villages which previously had conflicts with Mura-Hatiha but they reconciled,” Commissioner Atari said.

Efforts to reach Lafon County authorities for comment were futile.

Source: Radio Tamazuj

Local authorities in Duk County of Jonglei State said one person was killed and two others injured in a foiled cattle raid carried out by armed men in the county’s Duk Pagak area on Friday.

John Chatim, the Duk County commissioner, told Radio Tamazuj the attack was foiled by Duk Pagak youth on Friday afternoon and that the area is calm despite the incident.

“Those cattle raiders attacked our youth who were herding their cattle. They clashed but they were overpowered and left one person dead while two of the local youth were injured,” he said.

The county commissioner accused armed youth suspected to have crossed from the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) of involvement in the attack.

Major Majak Daniel Tuor, the state police spokesperson, said the county is calm despite the incident and called on the residents there to take precautionary measures, saying they are not able to adequately discharge duties due to the floods.

For his part, Lokali Amae Bullen, the GPAA chief administrator, said he has been informed of the incident and that it is being investigated.

Source: Radio Tamazuj

The strategy employed by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to thwart the December 19 Marches of the Millions in the capital Khartoum, and cities across Sudan yesterday, to mark the third anniversary of the revolution that overthrew the 30-year Al Bashir dictatorship in 2019, was largely unsuccessful as mass protests bypassed the barriers and entered key points including the grounds of the Republican Palace in Khartoum.

The security forces responded with heavy fire, tear gas, and stun grenades. According to initial field reports, at least one protestor was killed. The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors identified the victim as 28-year-old Mohamed Majzoub. More than 240 people were injured during yesterday’s marches. Two rapes and multiple sexual assaults have also been reported.

Reports from the ground suggest that elements of the RSF were seen shaving the heads of protestors, as well as stealing their mobile phones and money.

The Khartoum Resistance Committee announced at sit-in at the Republican Palace, however a heavy-handed response from the security services dispersed the gathering, and protestors were forced to return home.

Yesterdays marches not only mark the anniversary of the revolution, but are also a continuation of the ongoing campaign of civil disobedience, organised by the Forces for Freedom and Chance (FFC) – the main drivers of the 2019 revolution – along with Sudan’s Resistance Committees, to express their rejection of the military coup d’état of October 25, and the subsequent political agreement, signed by coup leader Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan and Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok.

Preparation

In a message to the Sudanese public via WhatsApp on Sunday, the Resistance Committees said they expected five million people to join the marches in all states of Sudan. The committees say that “more than 1,300 medical doctors are ready to do what is necessary” and that “all hospitals have offered to receive all cases”. They say that two million Sudanese flags and revolutionary banners have been provided, and photos of the martyrs distributed to all committees.

The committees point out that dozens of international news agencies will cover the demonstrations, and that “cameras have been put in specific places to monitor expected cases of shooting by snipers and other forces, to determine the identity of the shooters,” while “international and regional organisations will monitor any violations via satellite.”

The El Rabita Square in Shambat in Khartoum North, on Friday evening, turned into a state of chaos after unidentified persons threw tear gas canisters at a crowd for the first public gathering called by the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC).

The FFC immediately accused elements it said were affiliated with the putschists and their affiliates for breaking up the symposium.

The FFC said in a statement late on Friday evening that these elements bombed the gathering with tear gas canisters, attacked it with knives, destroyed chairs and equipment, and attacked the media and the audience.

Witnesses from the gathering said that angry youths against FFC were probably the ones who launched the attack and thwarted the gathering, in which former Sovereignty Council member Mohamed El Faki, journalist Khaled Seleik and former rebel leader Yasir Arman were scheduled to speak.

In a statement on Friday evening, the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), the driving force behind the December 2018 uprising that led to the ousting of President Omar Al Bashir on April 11, 2019, condemned the targeting of public platforms and attempts to silence mouths and confiscate the rights of expression, assembly and organization from any party.

The SPA emphasised once again the failure of the November 21 agreement between El Burhan and Hamdok in all fields, and the continuation of the systematic violence from the coup security services.

The statement called on the regional and international community to realise “before it is too late” that the November 21 agreement will not lead to reforming the October 25 coup that aborted the civil democratic transition. “The violent stopping of the FFC gathering is only more evidence for this. A coup that cannot bear a public gathering will be unable to set up free and fair elections.”

Source: Radio Dabanga