THE WESTERN UPPER NILE INFORMATION DESK  - SOUTH SUDAN

 

 

 

 

 

TOPIC No.003      

 

NEW DE-POPULATION POLICY BY GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN IN WESTERN UPPER NILE REGION FROM MARCH 12, 2001 ON

 

 

 

 

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NEW DE-POPULATION POLICY BY GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN IN WESTERN UPPER NILE REGION

 

The government of  Sudan and the Talisman oil companies alliances are wasting no time to completely occupy Western Upper Nile region by de-populating it while the rebel forces who use to be a block to that are in a state of perplex and great confusion in Western Upper Nile region .

 

It becomes apparent that the government of  Sudan is succeeding in its policy of divide and rule in Western Upper Nile by dividing the rebel forces into pieces for its great advantage to extract the oil with out difficulties.

 

Apart from their usual friend over few years now General Paulino Matiep , officially sponsored militia general of  Western Upper Nile by the government of  Sudan, hence,  have now created new militias generals independently with their independent commands from Paulino Matiep and they are directly reportable to the government Arabs army commanders differently in different garrisons in Western Upper Nile.

 

The new creation of independent commands includes Commander Peter Par Jiek formerly the over all commander of  SPDF forces in Western Upper Nile and personally control areas of  Leer and Adok, Commander David Gatluak Dowmai formerly SPDF commander who was in control of  Jagei and Rier oil fields parishes, Commander James Liah Dieu SPDF commander formerly in control of Jikany and Guet district and the oil fields areas in Jikany areas, Commander Franco Gai Ruac who was in control of part of Leek parishes according to former SPDF structures and among them the bulk militia forces of  general Paulino Matiep who controls part of Mayom county and Rub-kona province.

 

All these Southern Sudanese rebel commanders and interestingly all from Western Upper Nile are now fighting side by side with the government of Sudan against any other rebel groups trying to stop de-population and occupation of  Western Upper Nile, because the government is telling them that the other rebels are stopping the development of  Western Upper Nile, however, the main deal between these people and the government is supplies of arms and ammunitions for the purpose of killing their own brothers, but unfortunately, forgetting that the land they cherished and the people they claim to liberate are taken over by strangers or completely destroyed by the Northerners and occupied the land.

 

While these militia commanders the former SPDF Officers and men and Matiep militias engaged in fighting their Southern rebel groups who are denying government access to the area like those of Commander Peter Gatdeat who allied himself and his forces with the SPLA , then on the other hand the government is heavily engaged behind lines in de-populating all the villages and re-deployed regular armed forces, popular defense forces from North and resettling Arab Bagarra tribesmen from Western and Southern Kordofan on the left behind villages.

 

Unfortunately, the paradox is, when the allied militias to the government comes back from operations to the left behind villages they always find new settlers who are Arabs and not Nuer's or Dinka people who are originally from there. The question is how do these militia men who are destroying their own people and land feel about that?

 

Names of Villages which are already de-populated, occupied and re-settled in both Dinka and Nuer villages of  Western Upper Nile region are as follows:

 

Dinka villages

 

Alieng, Mankuor, Dier, Wicthong Awout, Labang, Obeak and Pannet in Alieng County. Pankuok, Pakuim, Thijong, Ngaboli, Panyang in Panyang County.

Biew, Buol, Pan Akotjok, JokAbar, and Aboah, all in Biew County. Abiemnom and Awurpiny in Mayom County. These are total of 22 villages in Dinka land of Pariang or Ruweng County.

 

Nuer Villages

 

Kaikang, Maluo, Kaljak, Chotchare, Thar ngoup, Wathjack, Budang, Barkuor, Kerial, Wunbout, Nyinatoor, Panyang, Bow, Thorgow Chotyieal, Tharbaar and Thoar Jikany in Rub-kona and Mayom counties.

 

These make total of 18 villages and many more which I could not recall their names.

 

Contributions of Talisman Oil companies alliances to policy of de-population process in Western Upper Nile region

 

It is evidence that Talisman Companies are sponsoring policies of de-population to enlarged their oil operation without any hindrance from the rebels fighters, sponsoring destruction of civil population in their hiding villages in the forests by constructing passable roads to those villages, genocide and financing strategies of occupation and resettlement of Arab Bagarra in Western Upper Nile.

 

Government security personnel in the area, popular defense force (PDF) of the government and Settlers from Western Kordofan and Muglad are given soft loans by Talisman company to settle and provide security of the oil fields. Their contribution therefore, is totally unacceptable is dehumanizing and exterminating the indigenous people of Western Upper Nile. 

 

Deployment of Troops in Western Upper Nile region

 

Forces deployed in this area are as equal to occupation forces in any other part of the world and they are at the present at 25,000 troops reinforced , mechanized and with air force facilities such as Russian antonov bombers and helicopter gun ships which have terrorized the civil population including their livestock and causing the poisons in drinking water and pastures for cattle and goats.

 

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