SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI ATTACKS

The UN Mission in South Sudan has been deploying troops around various locations of the Jonglei state with an aim of investigating reasons for current unrest in the area and also to help deter tribal attacks through their presence. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:51
• Production Date: 23 September 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U110923k

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI ATTACKS
TRT: 2:51
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 22 – 22 SEPTEMBER 2011, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

20 SEPTEMBER 2011, LIKUANGOKE, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Ariel view, Jonglei town
2. Med shot, Chopper landing
3. Med shot, Indian troops descending from chopper
4. Various shots, village
5. Various shot, UN troops on brief walkabout in area

21 SEPTEMBER 2011, LIKUANGOKE, SOUTH SUDAN

6. Various shots, meeting with local authorities under a tree
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) William Bell, Payam Administrator:
“Killings have been happening because of guns amongst the people. If we know this -why can’t we take the guns from the people? For me as a Payam Administrator I call for the disarmament of the guns from people so that killings can stop in the state.”
10. Cutaway, SPLA Commander Simon Bon
11. SOUND-BITE (Arabic) Simon Bon, SPLA Commander:
“We want the people and the army and the authorities to go and talk the civilians to lay down the guns and that no one should fight his own brother. We are now a country and we have to explain this to the people.”

FILE – AUGUST, 2011 JONGLEI

12. Various shots, scorched hut and people looking

Storyline

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has been deploying troops around various locations of Jonglei state with an aim of investigating reasons for current unrest in the area and also to help deter tribal attacks through their presence.

Jonglei state has been a flashpoint of intertribal rivalry between different tribes in the state where hundreds have been killed in counter attacks and cattle raids.

About a month ago unrest in Jonglei state left hundreds dead with houses and property scorched and families displaced, resulting to a push for conflict resolution in the area.

On a recent patrol to Likuangole, UNMISS troops sent to the area met with a local administrator to discuss the mood in the area. The current situation in Likuangole is calm and peaceful despite rumours of possible attacks

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) William Bell, Payam Administrator:
“Killings have been happening because of guns amongst the people. If we know this -why can’t we take the guns from the people? For me as a Payam Administrator I call for the disarmament of the guns from people so that killings can stop in the state.”

There has been a call for intervention amongst the tribes.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Simon Bon, SPLA Commander:
“We want the people and the army and the authorities to go and talk the civilians to lay down the guns and that no one should fight his own brother. We are now a country and we have to explain this to the people.”

Over the years, Jonglei State has been engulfed by unrest with armed groups and militias continually clashing.

Insecurity associated with traditional tribal conflict has also been due to seasonal movements between the dry spell and the rainy season and also mistrust between different ethnic tribes.