JUBA: About 40 individuals, lots of them civilians, have been killed in violence in a disputed space on South Sudan’s border with Sudan over the weekend and a whole bunch have sought refuge in a UN peacekeepers’ compound, a authorities official mentioned on Monday.
Frequent clashes have taken place in Abyei area between rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group due to a dispute over the situation of an administrative boundary the place vital tax income is collected from cross-border commerce.
Abyei is an oil-rich space that’s collectively administered by South Sudan and Sudan, which have each staked claims to it.
The area’s info minister, Bulis Koch, mentioned: “Within the assaults that happened on Feb. 2 and three, a number of markets have been set on hearth, property looted and altogether 19 civilians acquired killed and 18 others have been wounded.”
An extra 18 individuals have been killed in separate assaults on Sunday, he mentioned. Amongst these killed have been three kids and an area employees member working for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
The clashes additionally displaced a whole bunch of individuals, who sought refuge within the compound of the United Nations Interim Safety Drive for Abyei (UNISFA) peacekeeping pressure.
Koch mentioned younger males from neighbouring Warrap state and from a militia linked to insurgent and religious chief Gai Machiek had taken half within the violence.
Warrap State’s info minister Willima Wol, MSF South Sudan and UNISFA didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
In late January a minimum of 54 individuals together with girls, kids and two UN peacekeepers have been killed in assaults in the identical space.
Greater than 2,000 individuals have been now sheltering at UNISFA’s compound as a result of preventing in January and this previous weekend, Koch mentioned.
Frequent clashes have taken place in Abyei area between rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group due to a dispute over the situation of an administrative boundary the place vital tax income is collected from cross-border commerce.
Abyei is an oil-rich space that’s collectively administered by South Sudan and Sudan, which have each staked claims to it.
The area’s info minister, Bulis Koch, mentioned: “Within the assaults that happened on Feb. 2 and three, a number of markets have been set on hearth, property looted and altogether 19 civilians acquired killed and 18 others have been wounded.”
An extra 18 individuals have been killed in separate assaults on Sunday, he mentioned. Amongst these killed have been three kids and an area employees member working for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
The clashes additionally displaced a whole bunch of individuals, who sought refuge within the compound of the United Nations Interim Safety Drive for Abyei (UNISFA) peacekeeping pressure.
Koch mentioned younger males from neighbouring Warrap state and from a militia linked to insurgent and religious chief Gai Machiek had taken half within the violence.
Warrap State’s info minister Willima Wol, MSF South Sudan and UNISFA didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
In late January a minimum of 54 individuals together with girls, kids and two UN peacekeepers have been killed in assaults in the identical space.
Greater than 2,000 individuals have been now sheltering at UNISFA’s compound as a result of preventing in January and this previous weekend, Koch mentioned.
