Is Dinka Bor against Dinka Bahr el Ghazal?
By Zechariah Manyok Biar
January 8, 2013 – The killing of Isaiah Abraham and the anger it generated in Dinka Bor Community has made some people wonder whether Dinka Bor now see Dinka Bahr el Ghazal as their enemies. Ateny Wek Ateny of Northern Bahr el Ghazal who gave a speech on behalf of opinion writers on January 4, 2013 during the memorial service for Late Isaiah Abraham organized by opinion writers said this: “The killing of Isaiah has driven wedges amongst communities; the government was made to shy and bite its tongue in disgrace, for the fact that it has failed to protect writers; the forces of darkness might have clearly celebrated that the Dinka Communities would be dividing along clans Bor vs Dinka Bhar El Ghazal. The detractors treat government to be synonymous with Bhar El Ghazal as a region. However, for us as opinion writers in South Sudan, this equation is wrong. Our communities command a very brilliant understanding of what is meant of a government.”
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Jonglei: Two killed and four injured in Dinka clan clashes
January 9, 2013 (BOR) – Tension remains high after clashes between two clans from the Dinka tribe in Bor County on Tuesday evening left two people dead and four others wounded, the police told Sudan Tribune Wednesday..Two policeman were also wounded when they attempted to intervene at about 6pm, almost an hour into the two-hour gun battle between members of the Deer and Koch clans of MakuachPayam [district], according to anonymous police sources. The police eventually managed to separate the two groups just before night fell at around 7pm at the village, which is not far from Bor town centre. The police blame the Deer clan for shooting at their officers, injuring Major Mayom Gai and Majur Geu, who was shot in the neck. It is unclear what caused the fighting, with a variety of reasons given by local people on Wednesday, including a land dispute going back to 1934 in which 34 members of the Deer clan were killed.
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South Sudan’s oil production hasn’t trickled down to basic services
South Sudan is set to resume oil output but revenues are not yet being poured into schools, hospitals, roads and agriculture. South Sudan may have received slightly more than $10bn (£6bn) in oil revenue from 2005 to January 2012, when oil production shut down, according to government officials and the World Bank. But development experts have urged the government to begin investing in the country and its people, as basic social services remain scarce. South Sudan shut down production of oil after a dispute with neighbouring Sudan over transit fees this year. But production is expected to resume in the next few months, after the two countries reached an agreement in September.
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