S. Sudanese authorities lift flight ban to Payinjiar county ArticleComments (1)EmailPrintSave
January 18, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan government has lifted the ban it had earlier imposed on flights to Payinjiar county in the wake of continuous rebel activities in the area. The Payinjiar community at a meeting in Bentiu town, August 23, 2015 (ST) The move came after the country director for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) petitioned the humanitarian affairs and disaster management ministry last week.The undersecretary in the humanitarian affairs ministry, Gatwech Peter Kulang assured WFP of government support.“I’m pleased to inform you that the ministry of interior has advised that all humanitarian flights and boats to Payinjiar can resume operations at your own risk,” reads a letter addressed to WFP. South Sudan’s national security service, in a circular it issued on 31 December, 2016, warned humanitarian agencies operating in the area and banned water and air transport.The decision, officials said, forced most international and national staffs to pullout out of Payinjiar last week after the government requested them to abandon their operations. Although it remains unclear why government imposed the ban, multiple sources, including aid worker said the decision was meant to prevent rebel groups controlling the area from benefiting from relief items. Currently, Payinjiar county is reportedly hosting nearly 200,000 internal displaced persons (IDPs), mainly from Guit, Koch, Mayiandit and Leer counties of oil-rich Unity state. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence- No inappropriate or offensive language- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks- No deviation from the topic of the article- No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible commentsDue to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. 22 JANUARY 08:42, BY Fair Man Come to your senses. The fate of over 200,000 South Sudanese could not be arbitrarily decided just because the rebel would benefit from relief supplies. Does JCE and Dinka stooges in Juba not know how the relief food was used to support SPLM/A from 1990 up to 2002? Taban Deng Gai, while a CDR in Pinyudo became rich of relief food to the extent that heaps were sold back to Ethiopians? Shut up!! -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo2U9fujx5LEOfK2PVXqeWVTsY%2BdfaL3BTHmU7VnnLNgQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
