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kobo
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 02:23:17
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 South Sudan’s current Vice-President James Wani Igga, centre left. Photo: AP
1. South Sudan- 58 Killed in Attack on United Nations Base
The United Nations said at least 58 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in an attack against one of its bases in South Sudan sheltering thousands of civilians.
The top UN official in the war-torn nation, Toby Lanzer, praised peacekeepers from India, Nepal and South Korea for preventing what could have been a massacre of up to 5,000 people, and vowed the world body would use “lethal force” again to protect civilians under their protection.
“We will do everything necessary to protect the lives of people in our protection, including the use of lethal force,” Lanzer told AFP.
In the clearest account yet of Thursday’s incident in the government-controlled town of Bor, Lanzer described how a group of around 350 armed youths in civilian clothes “used extremely violent force to breach the perimeter” of the UN base.
He said they opened fire on terrified civilians, who have sought shelter with the United Nations from a wave of ethnic violence, with the apparent aim of killing as many people as possible.
“When we realised we were under attack we responded… the quick actions of the peacekeepers saved lives,” Lanzer said.....
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2. Another related New Africa Business News Report Central African Republic
The United Nation Security Council has approved my proposal to deploy a United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic – opening the way for 10,000 troops and almost 2,000 police to bring a semblance of order to a nation in ruins. I have just returned from a visit to the country to see the situation first-hand. Desperate is an understatement. More than half the population of the Texas-sized country need life-saving assistance. One out of four Central Africans has been uprooted from their homes. At makeshift camps I visited at the airport outside the capital city of Bangui, as many as 500 people share one toilet. Conditions will only get worse with the onset of the rainy season.“Who would accept to live here?” one woman cried out to me. “But we are risking our lives to live where we lived.”The majority of the country’s Muslim community has fled the country, escaping a brutal wave of sectarian strife that has claimed innocents on all sides. Atrocity crimes continue. The justice system has crumbled. Ethno-religious cleansing is a reality. Whole communities have been dismantled. Despite the many deprivations, the commodity that the Central African Republic lacks most is time. The peacekeeping mission will take at least six months to get up and running. Meanwhile the country’s people are caught in a daily struggle for survival. I travelled to the CAR on my way to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide. In Rwanda, I expressed my profound sadness for the international community’s inaction during that country’s hour of need. But what of crises on our watch?...Full Report
3. Related Bantaba topic CAR interim President Michel Djotodia resigns
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Edited by - kobo on 20 Apr 2014 02:34:06 |
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South Sudan- Attack on UN Base 58 Killed
