Defence minister : South Sudan army repulse rebel attack on oil town

[MK254]

South Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) national army soldiers walk past burnt houses and buildings as they patrol in the town of Bentiu on January 12, 2014.


South Sudan's army has repulsed rebel attacks on the key northern oil hub town of Bentiu, the defence minster said Thursday, saying many had been killed or wounded in fierce fighting.

"We have a lot of wounded people we are trying to evacuate from Bentiu," Defence Minister Kuol Manyang told AFP Thursday, adding that the town remained under the control of the army. "Bentiu is under control, there is calm now," he said.

After skirmishes outside the town earlier this week, rebels on Wednesday attacked the centre, with aid workers nearby reporting heavy machine gunfire and explosions.

The fighting marks an end to a brief lull in hostilities in the country's 10-month-old civil war after the end of the rainy season which made many roads impassable.

The town, state capital of the previously key oil-producing Unity state, has changed hands several times since the war broke out in December 2013, but has been in government hands since May.

When rebels loyal to ousted vice president Riek Machar stormed the town in April, they unleashed two days of ethnic slaughter as they hunted down civilians sheltering in mosques, churches and a hospital, according to the UN.

The defence minister said he did not have exact numbers of those killed and wounded, and whether they were soldiers or civilians.
"There must be deaths, because that is war," Manyang said.

Both sides in the conflict - Machar's forces and troops loyal to President Salva Kiir - have been accused of war crimes including mass killings, rape, attacks on hospitals and places of worship and recruiting child soldiers.


Source: theeastafrican

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[jMali]

rebels ndio zao hizo, hata kagame alikubaliana Arusha halafu....

 

[MK254]

rebels ndio zao hizo, hata kagame alikubaliana Arusha halafu....

Hahaha!! alichokufanyia Kagame lazima kikubwa sana, jameni haya machungu utayapunguza lini, kila habari za Afrika lazima umtaje jamaa. Wacha nimuite yule mbabe wako mchambawima1 akuburute mrudi kule kwa zile zenu.

 

[jMali]

unavyomuota kagame! Atakuwa alikupiga pipe mpaka ukachanganyikiwa. South Sudan na kagame wapi na wapi? Unawashwa wewe

Ndugu murutongore unfortunately kuanzia leo naacha kujadiliana na wewe kama nilivyofanya kwa mchambawima1 na Commanche. I believe kuna level fulani ya decorum tunatakiwa kuwa nayo while debating even if hatuonani. For the sake of argument let's say una akili nyingi sana na hivyo mimi sina kiwango cha kujadili na wewe. Don't bother tagging me or anything, ukiniquote fanya hivyo kwa ajili ya faida ya wengine unaojadiliana nao lakini hautajibiwa from me. Likewise, if you see me quoting you it will be for the benefit of others, don't assume nimekuita or something. Ubarikiwe, deuces!

 

[jMali]

Hahaha!! alichokufanyia Kagame lazima kikubwa sana, jameni haya machungu utayapunguza lini, kila habari za Afrika lazima umtaje jamaa. Wacha nimuite yule mbabe wako mchambawima1 akuburute mrudi kule kwa zile zenu.

huyo mchambawima1 huwa sijadiliani naye, na pia nimemuongeza murutongore as well. Back to the argument, je hakuna similarities hapo kwenye rebels kuvunja makubaliano ya Arusha?

 

[MK254]

huyo mchambawima1 huwa sijadiliani naye, na pia nimemuongeza murutongore as well. Back to the argument, je hakuna similarities hapo kwenye rebels kuvunja makubaliano ya Arusha?

Hapa hawa rebels ndio walianzisha ngoma, lakini ile ya Kagame ushahidi haujadhihirisha nani alivunja makubaliano.

 

[njiwa]

Walijitenga kwa mbwembwe .. ona yanayowakuta sasa

 

[Hoshea]

ushahidi upo, ni either hujui au unajifanya hujui.
Alafu hao jamaa walivotoka arusha walipatanishwa na raisi wenu, i wonder kwann umeweka arusha tu hapo.

 

[MK254]

ushahidi upo, ni either hujui au unajifanya hujui.
Alafu hao jamaa walivotoka arusha walipatanishwa na raisi wenu, i wonder kwann umeweka arusha tu hapo.

Arusha nimeitaja maana ndio ilikua tu geni kwa hawa jamaa, wamepatanishwa kila mji, viongozi wamehusika wengi. Tuliona kama Arusha labda patakua na utofauti fulani, lakini bado wakarudi kwa zile handaki zao na kuendelea kurushiana mabomu na risasi.

 

[Kobello]

Arusha nimeitaja maana ndio ilikua tu geni kwa hawa jamaa, wamepatanishwa kila mji, viongozi wamehusika wengi. Tuliona kama Arusha labda patakua na utofauti fulani, lakini bado wakarudi kwa zile handaki zao na kuendelea kurushiana mabomu na risasi.

Walikubaliana nini Arusha? (SPLM factions I mean)

 

[jMali]

Hapa hawa rebels ndio walianzisha ngoma, lakini ile ya Kagame ushahidi haujadhihirisha nani alivunja makubaliano.

Makubaliano yalikuwa in power-sharing kati ya Habyarimana's gov na RPF. Kagame alipindua serikali ya habyarimana na kufanya anavyotaka yeye.

 

[mchambawima1]

Makubaliano yalikuwa in power-sharing kati ya Habyarimana's gov na RPF. Kagame alipindua serikali ya habyarimana na kufanya anavyotaka yeye.

Hebu acha kumlogahuyo mkenya mchana kweupe! Kapindua serikali gani wakati mlikuwa busy namauaji? Kwanza hata kabla huyo Habyarimana mnayejifanya kumlilia, simlitakakumnyonya macho? nakumtishia eti mnarudiRwanda kwenda kuandaa apocalypse, eh Jmali kumladhi bwana...

 

[Yule-Msee]

Machar anapigwa jeki na Bashir, si mara ya kwanza kwa Machar kucheza huu mchezo. Jamaa hajali welfare ya wananchi, anajitakia tu.