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South Sudan's Kiir to Stay Out of Inter-communal Conflicts

David Mono Danga

   JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir says his
   government will no longer deploy security forces to intervene when
   inter-communal fighting breaks out in Jonglei state and the Pibor
   Administrative Area, the scene of repeated deadly clashes.

   "Next time when you go and fight, I will not come to your rescue again
   nor form a committee to go to the war zone. I have decided that any
   other fighting that erupts, I won't send either soldiers or the police.
   I will leave you to fight yourselves until one section runs from the
   other," Kiir said Wednesday while addressing a peace conference for
   Jonglei and Pibor in Juba.

   Political analysts in the capital immediately said Kiir is taking the
   wrong approach and are calling on the president to withdraw his
   statement.

   Augustino Ting Mayai, a researcher and analyst with the Sudd Institute,
   said he hopes the president misspoke because citizens look to the
   national government to resolve such conflicts.

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