Born as a rebel and grew up as a militia: The life cycle of a typical rebel leaders in South Sudan
7 min readBy Albino Aleu Aduol, U.S.A
September 5, 2016 (SSB) —- The worldwide will learn just little by little particular, the conflicts which has no end in South Sudan since the beginning of Anya-Anya Two within Upper Nile regions led by the late general Paulino Matip Nhial and others groups of Samuel Gai Tut were in charge following the factionalism of Nasir movement led by the former vice president who turned rebel leader for the second time.
Our people have been letting themselves to be brainwash by some politicians whom are not willing to bring on their ideas for development but fueling conflicts and shown desperation for leadership and I think they are going continues to do so as long as there is no realization for the past mistakes which they have had committed.
Some militias have took a rebellion as a way of becoming a leader but others Southern Sudanese arming themselves as a militias by wrongful thinking, it is norm, normal culture and there is nothing to be a shame even if your Son is about to take your foot-step still fine.
Obviously, I think the world have no idea about Southern Sudanese rebels although, the Dinka’s proverb of saying, ”one Bird can make dirties on the water pool just, because the first Bird who land on water has to take that blamed according to Dinka perhaps; this is not the case now, because the majority of Southern Sudanese people are against this randomly political conflict which has brought death, suffering, destruction of properties, economic down turn, fear and creation of rebellions all these were made by militias.
Our people have been doing this kind of unrest conflict for centuries since when the British had left Sudan and I would not be surprised to hear if the former Nasir movement’s leaders have made their alliance to fights against its new nation. Also I am not surprised to hear that, the militias general Johnson Olony is threaten to kill Dinka Padang at Malakal town, because he has been fools by the politicians within Shilluk ethnic.
There is nothing new than usual attitudes which driven us backward and I wish, the world must not listen to these politicians of ours if they are interesting to see good things after it.
The International community and the United Nation as a whole must works with the current government in South Sudan to make sure, they advise rebels not creating another civil war instead, cooperated to correct the past mistakes and organize the reforms and general election but failure for them not supports the Republic of South Sudan thus, the young nation would be heading same problems that has no benefit neither rebels nor government and maybe further more and more same situations.
This is why we asks the International community, UNMISS, AU, IGAD and other actor not to interference in to South Sudan Affairs but to show us that, you are coming to helps our people and the young nation at large.
Eventually, the neighbors countries around us knows more about our cycle conflicts, they have knowledge such a attitudes for some tribes in South Sudan, but the rest of the world know nothing the culture of unrest violence. The politicians in my view are seemingly to hated government if they lose their positions, they loved to works and says, the government is doing good thing but they declared revolution if they haven’t find what they wanted.
In fact that, we are not all bad people as some African citizens are pointing their finger on us that, the Southern Sudanese people are trouble makers hence, I am assuming there is a very big misunderstanding within our societies and it need our friends to shown us some ways of problems solving and solution instead entering deepest inside our societies and have being seen as part of the problems.
Apparently, I want to tell others people not be afraid for coming here or not feel unwelcome if they wanted to do their business.
The rebellion in South Sudan has become a habitable something which is impossible to be avoid for some time and I would guess that, it is not going to stop since, the politicians have attached their own interests which make it difficult to tell however, the UN, and the AU must avoiding way of imposing policies which is lacking trustworthy and most of the time, the Southern Sudanese have found things were actually unnecessary politically, economically and militarily.
I belief strongly that, the Southern Sudanese people are not against United Nation’s policy nor the AU, IGAD and many more others third Party but I think our people have had viewing some bad policies which have been applying on other regions before and they do not want such foreign intervention to happen on them.
Certainly, the militias that are fighting now have been defected 100% and their children have had already joins them in the battlefield which mean, the fathers might retired doing it anyway in the bushed or died in the bushes while, achieving nothing than leaving destruction and suffering on Southern Sudanese people. There are many things which UN, and the Regional forces wouldn’t fixed even if they came million Regional forces in South Sudan nation but only the people of South Sudan have to do for themselves.
Some rebels believe our problems will be resolved if the president is removed by foreign intervention which is actually would lead us to nowhere in that future and such a concept is more than a joke. To set up our system for our government, it does not need a Regional forces to do this but we the people of the Republic of South Sudan can do it.
The rebels must be reminding that, the country will never be rule by UN, AU, IGAD and other third Party but the people of South Sudan have to elected the person which they have puts trust on him or her, the person they believes that, have ability to lead them, the person that has a good history, the person which has not associate himself with his own tribal militias, and quite frankly, the Regional forces wouldn’t change our behaviors, attitudes, cultures as we are but we the people of South Sudan must have to make adjustment for ourselves because we cannot afford to continues with this rebellion Ideology it wouldn’t work.
If the system is broken then, the people have to fix it. If the ruling party lost the direction clearly, the guns wouldn’t resolved but only peace makers would be able to resolving so why having too many militias in Fashoda State, Fangak State and many more other regions. I think our people must change the way, they thinks because there is no one will benefits from war.
We have to looks others Africa countries on how they were able to set up their own systems, if the Ugandan people did it what make it difficult for Southern Sudanese people to do their own Affairs. Kenyans people went through disagreement after gaining her independence in 1963, but they find ways by agreeing to have a forgiveness, reconciliation process, healing, none violence, peaceful co-existence and instead grouping themselves, they agrees to have one national army and one president once at a time even though there was a clashed happened in 2008, this was an Isolate incident which have nothing to do with creation of rebellion.
I belief if the rest of Africa nations did it then, the South Sudan will do it. Our big problems right now are randomly creation of militias, tribalism, nepotism, discrimination, corruption, political problems, and misunderstanding and there is no other foreign will come to resolving all these things but only we the people must have to committed to do it.
I think the rebels must understand that, the war is not always a winnable as they might be thinking, the war has some consequences as we have been witness more and more lives have been lost whatever, you might claims to be Shilluk Agwelek militias, SPLA I0 which is predominate Nuers and those pertaining themselves as an Equatorians resistance movement and the pro Juba’s government of SPLA, all these people are Southern Sudanese people if our people have the visions.
If you cannot became a president does not mean this is the end of the world, it simple mean you were interesting for something but you haven’t make it, still okay. Let us come to sense that, we have to resolved our own problems by accepted ourselves to lived togetherness as one nation and one people instead of tearing each other for simple thing which is political interest and in the end of the day, we find those rebels and the people running government are all citizens for one nation please, it is time for realization and forgiveness.
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