Lederen for South Sudan Religious Leaders Forum, erkebiskop Dr. Paul Benjamin Yugusuk, har kommet med en sterkt fordømmende uttalelse etter et nylig flyangrep fra Sudans regjering. Angrepet, som rammet Kumu-skolen og en nærliggende klinikk i Nuba-fjellene, førte til at 45 uskyldige sivile ble drept, inkludert elever i klasserommene og pasienter under medisinsk behandling.
I am surprised that the author of the article did not write any thing later or mention what happened to the children in the Kaogli/Kalogi area, even though they are Nuba, and what they endured was a horrific massacre — unless they are considered to have no souls. The author focused only on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attack on the military training camp of the SPLM‑N and the SPLM‑N’s allegations.
While the army did strike a training camp in the Nuba Mountains, the images published with the report have nothing to do with this specific event. The claim by the People’s Movement that “schoolchildren were killed” is misleading, because schools in the Nuba Mountains are closed on Saturday, the day of the attack.
The army published photos of the camp that was struck in the Nuba Mountains. But let us assume, hypothetically, that the army did carry out such strikes — is it right that the author of the report ignored what happened to the Nuba children in Kalogi, whom the United Nations and all international organizations condemned, and which has been documented with photos as one of the largest massacres against children and schools carried out by the People’s Movement and its ally, the Rapid Support Forces, against civilians?
The army has not attacked Kadugli since 2012 and only returned to the area after Abdel Aziz al‑Hilu initiated attacks on civilian in Kadugli and Al‑Dalingi, actions that served the agenda of