国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

South Sudan to deploy military force to stem rampant child abductions

Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-25 03:27:27|Editor: Mu Xuequan
Video PlayerClose

JUBA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan on Wednesday vowed to deploy military forces to stem rampant wave of child abductions and cattle rustling that are predominantly among rival pastoral tribes in the northern parts of the war-torn country.

The First Vice President Taban Deng Gai told journalists in Juba that the South Sudan (SPLA) will soon start using heavy artilleries like Armoured Personnel Carriers and helicopter gunships against pastoral tribes like the Murle of the northeastern Pibor region near the Ethiopian border who have in the past wrecked havoc on their neighbors like the Dinka and Nuer in the Jonglei region.

"This time we must follow our orders, orders of the president must be fully implemented and we are going to do this whether it needs tanks, police or army because these (child abductors) criminals are armed to the teeth," Deng said in Juba.

He added that the rampant child abduction and cattle theft have destabilized national security and rendered the government weak in terms of offering protection to the local population, adding that they managed to dissuade recently Dinka and Nuer armed youth from carrying out revenge attacks against the Murle.

He said that joint efforts are urgently needed to stop child abductions not only in Jonglei since the vice was spreading as far as in the central Equatoria region.

"Child abduction from communities of Boma is not only against the Dinka or Nuer it has even come to Central Equatoria. Yesterday (Tuesday) I was informed that the Murle went up to a place called Dima in Ethiopia and abducted children; the Ethiopian army was pursuing them," he disclosed.

South Sudan descended into violence in December 2013 after political dispute between President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar led to fighting between mostly Dinka ethnic soldiers loyal to Kiir against Machar's Nuer ethnic group.

The 2015 peace agreement to end the violence was again violated in July 2016 when the rival factions resumed fighting in the capital forcing Machar to flee into exile.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions that have sought refuge in neighboring countries.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011105091369220401
主站蜘蛛池模板: 甘肃省| 仁布县| 任丘市| 东乌珠穆沁旗| 保德县| 石首市| 郁南县| 阳朔县| 高唐县| 琼中| 蓝山县| 迁安市| 南陵县| 定边县| 龙游县| 南江县| 蓝山县| 桐城市| 肥城市| 渝中区| 皋兰县| 礼泉县| 英德市| 噶尔县| 京山县| 武冈市| 西华县| 太康县| 卓资县| 永年县| 峨边| 麻城市| 神池县| 儋州市| 尉犁县| 化州市| 景泰县| 沁阳市| 彭水| 肥东县| 和硕县|