SOUTH SUDAN / GEORGE ATHOR

South Sudan's Vice President, Riak Machar today announced that rebel leader, Lt. General George Athor and one of his soldiers were killed in Morobo County of Central Equatoria State on Monday (19 December). UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:29
• Production Date: 20 December 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U111220c

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / GEORGE ATHOR
TRT: 2.29
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 DECEMBER 2011, JUBA / FILE

Shotlist

20 DECEMBER 2011, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Wide shot, Office of Vice President
2. Med shot, Riak Machar, Vice President of Republic of South Sudan at Press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Riak Machar, Vice President of Republic of South Sudan:
“On December 19th, 2011 that is yesterday, an SPLA Border Patrol at Morobo County clashed with elements that were in company of Lt. Gen. George Athor. This took place around 1800 Hours yesterday. George Athor and one other soldier were killed instantly.”
4. Cutaway, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Riak Machar, Vice President of Republic of South Sudan:
“The Amnesty, the pardon still holds and we call on those who raised arms to heed to it and they will be received by the government.”

FILE - UNMISS - FEBRUARY 2011, JONGLEI, SOUTH

6. Various shots, Lt. General George Athor and his body guards
7. Tilt up, from machine gun’s bullet belt to soldier
8. Wide shot, Athor and his soldiers

Storyline

The Vice President of Republic of South Sudan, Riak Machar announced today (20 December) that rebel leader Lt. General George Athor and one of his soldiers were killed in the Morobo County of Central Equatoria State on Monday (19 December).

Addressing the press in Juba, Machar said Athor was killed in Morobo County having infiltrated South Sudan after traveling from Rwanda via the Eastern Border area of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in a bid to recruit in Central Equatoria State.

Machar appealed to all of Athor’s followers to heed to the amnesty declared by the President of the Republic on 9 July 2011, and reiterated the commitment of the government to the Agreement reached between George Athor Forces/South Sudan Democratic Movement and the Government of the Republic of South Sudan on 19 November 2011. He also called on all who rebelled against the government to lay down their arms and join the process of peace and development.

The vice President added that the body of Gen. George Athor was to be handed over to his relatives for burial.

Lt. Gen. George Athor, a dissident commander of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and an unsuccessful ‘independent’ candidate for the governorship of Jonglei state, launched a self-proclaimed armed rebellion against the Government of South Sudan after the April 2010 gubernatorial elections.