E. Equatoria’s Madi community tells Dinka IDPs to go home
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August 18, 2011 (JUBA) – A dialogue initiated by the Madi community in
Nimule payam of Magwi county in Eastern Equatoria state to encourage
the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Dinka community to go
back to their home areas has been aborted, a community leader has
disclosed.
A meeting was scheduled for July 8th between the two communities but
failed to take place due to lack of attendance by the Dinka community
elders in the area.
In a strongly worded press release published on Wednesday by The
Citizen newspaper, the Supreme Leader of the Madi community and the
chairman of the Madi Community Council, Angelo Vuga Morgan, said his
community’s attempt to explain to the IDPs why they wanted them to
leave was ignored.
He said since the country has become independent, it was time for
communities to embark on developing their motherlands.
“We also decided that we should meet our brothers and sisters, the
Dinka IDPs in Nimule, and indeed, in the whole of Madi area to alert
them of the independence of South Sudan and also to find out what are
their plans now that we are embarking on a new war which is the
development of our country,” he stated.
The community leader said his request for a meeting on July 8th in
which about 20 Dinka elders were invited to meet with Madi elders on
the issue was not attended by their counterparts.
“But to our surprise and dismay the Dinka IDPs elders never showed up
for that meeting despite the fact that they did not reply to the
chief’s letter that they would not come for the meeting and why,” he
said.
Morgan further explained the importance of the meeting, saying it
would have provided an opportunity to hear from the IDPs about what
still prevents them from repatriating back to their home areas now
that the nation is independent.
He appealed to whoever can assist in trying to encourage the elders of
the IDPs to meet with them and resolve the issue, warning that the
boycott would be seen as “hostile attitude” by the IDPs.
The IDPs in Nimule, like in any other part of South Sudan, were
displaced during the 21 years of civil war between North Sudan and
South Sudan.
The region gained its independence on 9 July following an overwhelming
vote for secession from the rest of Sudan.
The transitional constitution of South Sudan gives every citizen the
right to choose where to reside within the territory of the region.
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