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SOUTH SUDAN / MACHAR JONGLEI ATTACK
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / MACHAR JONGLEI ATTACK
TRT: 2:26
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NUER / NATS
DATELINE: 28 DECEMBER 2011, LIKUANGOLE, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, armed Lou Nuer youth taking over Likuangole
2. Wide shot, armed Lou Nuer youth
3. Med, shot, burning house
4. Wide shot, dead person
5. Med shot, dead person
6. Med shot, dead woman
7. Wide shot, dead person
8. Wide shot, armed Lou Nuer youth raising their guns
9. Med shot, young boy with a gun
10. Pan right, armed Lou Nuer youth listening to vice President
11. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Reik Machar Teny, Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan:
“Please give us a chance to go to Pibor and talk with the chiefs of Murule, what comes out of the meeting we will share with you but you have to wait for us in Byem.”
12. Med shot, crowed of youth
13. Wide shot, youth seated
14. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Reik Machar Teny, Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan:
“When you talk about someone’s mistake, do not commit the same mistake. You can not say that you are going to revenge or destroy a whole community.”
15. Med shot, youth
16. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Reik Machar Teny, Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan:
“Your leader is standing next to me here in Likoungole, and you the followers are also here and I would like you to leave Likongole and wait for us in Byem.”
17. Wide shot, armed Lou Nuer youth scattered in Likongole
The vice president of the Republic of South Sudan Reik Machar Teny visited Likuangole in Jonglei State today following an attack by the armed Lou Nuer which burned down many local homes in the Likuangole Payam. According to local reports, dozens have been killed.
His visit comes during high tension between Lou Nuer and Murle communities. Over the weekend UNMISS air patrols identified thousands of armed Lou Nuer youth preparing to attack Murle communities near Likuangole in Jonglei State.
The armed Lou Nuer youth captured Likuangloe on Tuesday, burning many local homes to the ground. Local authorities reported over five thousand armed Lou Nuer youth are now in full control of the district.
Machar addressed thousands of the armed young men, calling on them to stop the violence and immediately engage in a peaceful dialogue.
SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Reik Machar Teny, Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan:
“Please give us a chance to go to Pibor and talk with the chiefs of Murule, what comes out of the meeting we will share with you but you have to wait for us in Byem.”
Tensions are high in Jonglei State following the recent attack and amid rumors of further inter-communal attacks.
SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Reik Machar Teny, Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan:
“When you talk about someone’s mistake, do not commit the same mistake. You can not say that you are going to revenge or destroy a whole community.”
SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Reik Machar Teny, Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan:
“Your leader is standing next to me here in Likuangloe and you the followers are also here and I would like you to leave Likuangloe and wait for us in Byem.”
Over the past months UNMISS has consistently called for an end to ethnic violence in the region. Head of the mission Hilde Johnson asked the government earlier this week to act quickly in order to avert a “major tragedy” and has deployed resources to prevent and mitigate conflict in the Lou Nuer, Murle and Dinka communities.
The UN estimates that fighting between the Murle and Lou Nuer communities in August killed about 600 people, wounded 850 and displaced 26,000.
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