UN / ABYEI ATTACK

The UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) reported that “a group of armed members of the Misseriya community attacked a Dinka community in the Kolom area, north-west of Abyei town, yesterday, killing at least 32 people, including women and children, and wounding dozens.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:06
• Production Date: 23 January 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INTERIM SECURITY FORCE FOR ABYEI - UNISFA
• Subject Topical: CIVILIAN PROTECTION; PEACE AND SECURITY; VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 2525153
• Parent Id: 2525153
• Alternate Title: unifeed200123f

Description

STORY: UN / ABYEI
TRT: 01:06
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 23 JANUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters

23 JANUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Farhan Haq at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The UN Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA, reports that a group of armed members of the Misseriya community attacked a Dinka community in the Kolom area, north-west of Abyei town, yesterday, killing at least 32 people, including women and children, and wounding dozens. Three children are also reportedly missing. Five people were apprehended by peacekeepers after the attack, and the Mission continues to patrol the area and investigate the incident.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“A similar attack occurred on 19 January in the same area, in which three people were killed. The Mission says that, prior to that attack, it had been engaging with the Dinka and Misseriya communities to discuss how to prevent tensions and conflict, and afterwards, and met with Misseriya leaders to de-escalate tensions and prevent retaliatory attacks. The Mission also increased its efforts to protect civilians after 19 January to prevent further attacks.”
6. Wide shot, Haq walks away

Storyline

The UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) today (23 Jan) reported that “a group of armed members of the Misseriya community attacked a Dinka community in the Kolom area, north-west of Abyei town, yesterday, killing at least 32 people, including women and children, and wounding dozens.”

A statement read by spokesperson Farhan Haq indicated that “three children are also reportedly missing.”

Haq said, “five people were apprehended by peacekeepers after the attack, and the Mission continues to patrol the area and investigate the incident.”

A similar attack took place on 19 January killing three people. According to UNISFA, Haq said, prior to that attack the Mission “had been engaging with the Dinka and Misseriya communities to discuss how to prevent tensions and conflict.”

Afterwards, he added, UNISFA “met with Misseriya leaders to de-escalate tensions and prevent retaliatory attacks.”

The Mission has also increased its efforts to protect civilians after 19 January to prevent further attacks.