Emeutes au Sud Soudan – décembre 2009
Ugandans killed in Southern Sudan over Khartoum support
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Five Ugandan businessmen have been killed in violent clashes between Police and protestors in the Southern Sudanese town of Rumbek.
The protests started on Monday when supporters of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) took to the streets to protest the arrest of three party officials in Khartoum.
Since then riots have been taking place in areas sorrounding the town.
Joachim Mukasa, chairman of Uganda traders in Rumbek town said, « Three of the Ugandan businessmen were shot dead in Rumbek market on Monday when riots broke out. The other two were killed in subsquent skirmishes. »
He said because of the tense situation in Rumbek, as a result of the riots, Ugandan businessmen are now planning to relocate to other parts of southern Sudan.
According to Mukasa, the reason behind the attack and harassment of Ugandan traders is because the southern Sudanese believe Ugandans support the Khartoum government.
In August and October this year, two Ugandan businessmen were killed in Juba and eastern Equatorial in protests started by businessmen.
Many Ugandan traders flocked to southern Sudan after peace returned in 2005 when the civil war between SPLM and Khartoum government came to an end.
Violence after Sudan arrests opposition leaders
7 December 2009
Southern Sudanese protesters torched offices belonging to Sudan‘s ruling party after police in Khartoum arrested three southern leaders and dozens of people attending a pro-reform demonstration. Police used force and tear gas to break up the demonstration.
Police arrested Pagan Amum, Yassir Arman and Abbas Gumma, all officials from the former rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA), but released them a few hours later. Mr Arman says he was beaten by police while in custody.
When news of the arrests broke, angry protesters responded by torching offices belonging to President Omar al-Bashir’s National Congress Party in the southern cities of Wau and Rumbek.
The SPLA and the government have been at odds over the implementation of democratic reforms stipulated by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the accord that ended 22 years of brutal civil war.
Under the terms of the CPA, democratic reforms have to be implemented before national elections take place next year and an independence referendum for South Sudan takes place in 2011. Southern President Salva Kiir condemned the arrests, saying they broke the terms of the CPA.
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