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Nuba Relief
Rehabilitation and Development Organization PRESS RELEASE:
The GoS
oppressive regime has once again unlashed its barbaric
military forces against the civil population in the Nuba
Mountains. On the 22 May the government forces attacked
Kuada from eight directions. The attacking forces burnt
down villages of Ndurdu, Komo, Kajam, Kurber, Shawaya,
Kambara and Dangir in Heiban county causing displamcement
of 5.000 families where the area experienced significant
crop failure as a result of rainfall shortage last year.
Two days later the GoS dropped five bombs at random on
villages at Lumon in Nagoban county. It is worth nothing
that the target of the GoS attack was to depopulate the
area and to disrupt any humanitarian ssistance to the
area, by closing the landing airstrip at Kauda.
In this two attack two old woman were burnt alive in their
tukuls and the attacking forces were repulsed by the Sudan
People Liberation Army (SPLA) in the area. More than
26.000 civilians (5.000 families) face acute food
shortage, has no shelter and cooking pots. Also the attacking
forces burnt 8.110 huts, kiled 22, wounded 15 and abducted
1.637 civilians.
We take this opportunity to appeal to all humanitarian
NGOs and individuals of good will to aid these vulnerable
people. The Sudan government continues to block efforts of
the United Nations to assist the people of Nuba
Mountains. We also call upon all the human rights
organisations to condemn these barbaric attackson villages
and the cowardly burning of the elderly and aerial
bombardment of civilians.
Neroun
Philip,
executive director
This press
release reliesed yesterday evening is actualy the
only informations about the situations in Nuba Mountains I
can get here in Nairobi. It is known also, that
yestrday evening an UN airplane was bombed on the airstrip
near Rumbek in South Sudan and that all the UN flights
anywhere in Sudan have been canceled.
While
waiting on reactions I am traveling to Lokichockio on
kenya sudan border - by land.
I am not sure
when I will be able to communicate again; but I supposed
to be on plane back to Europe on 10 of july.
All best.
Tomo Kriznar
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