{"id":149715,"date":"2010-01-07T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T17:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1040227"},"modified":"2010-01-07T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T17:29:31","slug":"south-sudan-cattle-raid-kills-140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/149715","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan cattle raid kills 140"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Sudan cattle raid kills 140<\/p>\n

At least 140 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in Southern Sudan, officials say, as aid agencies warn that the country faces a return to war.<\/p>\n

Deputy governor of Warrap state Sabino Makana said members of the Nuer group attacked Dinka cattle herders and seized thousands of animals.<\/p>\n

Most of the violence happened over the weekend in the city of Tonj, he said.<\/p>\n

The UN says more than 2,000 people have been killed in ethnic violence in the south since last January.<\/p>\n

More people died in Southern Sudan than in Darfur last year.<\/p>\n

‘Lethal cocktail’<\/p>\n

The north and south fought a 22-year civil war that left some 1.5 million people dead.<\/p>\n

A 2005 peace deal ended the conflict and created a power-sharing government.<\/p>\n

But 10 international aid agencies warned on Wednesday that a "lethal cocktail" of rising violence, chronic poverty and political tensions was pushing the accord towards collapse.<\/p>\n

Southern politicians accuse President Omar al-Bashir’s allies of arming rival groups in the south to stoke up trouble.<\/p>\n

They say Mr Bashir wants to destabilise the region to sabotage a national election planned for April, and a referendum on southern independence the following year.<\/p>\n

The Warrap state deputy governor told Reuters news agency that the Nuer attackers killed 139 Dinka herders and wounded dozens more on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He said many of the Nuers also died, but he did not have reliable figures.<\/p>\n

The clashes came to light only after a UN security team visited the remote area by aircraft two days ago, AFP news agency reported.<\/p>\n

"Local sources on the ground said that at least 140 people had been killed, 90 wounded and 30,000 head of cattle had been stolen," said senior UN official Lise Grande.<\/p>\n

Southern Sudan remains one of the poorest areas of the world and clashes over resources are common.<\/p>\n

Southern Sudan All Sudan Population: 7.5m to 9.7m Population: 42.2m Area: 640,000 sq km Area: 2.5m sq km Maternal mortality: 1,700 deaths per 100,000 births Maternal mortality: 1,107 deaths per 100,000 births Access to clean water: 50% Access to clean water: 70% Life expectancy: 42 years Life expectancy: 58.92 years<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Sudan cattle raid kills 140 At least 140 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in Southern Sudan, officials say, as aid agencies warn that the country faces a return to war. Deputy governor of Warrap state Sabino Makana said members of the Nuer group attacked Dinka cattle herders and seized thousands of animals. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":857,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/857"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}