By Hou Akot Hou<\/p>\n
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Abyei Special Administrative Area (ASAA) calls for a more robust peacekeeping presence in contested region, following a recent skirmish that resulted in injuring o of Rupamer County commissioner.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In a phone interview on Thursday, Information Minister Bulis Koc said existing forces, primarily from Ghana, were unable to effectively intervene during the violence.<\/p>\n “I appeal to the international community and regional authorities like IGAD to critically examine the issue of Abyei,” Koc said.<\/p>\n “The current forces, especially the Ghanaians, cannot mitigate escalating situations like what happened in Rupamer.”<\/p>\n Koc emphasized the need for “powerful forces” that can swiftly de-escalate conflicts and protect civilians.<\/p>\n “We don’t need forces who stand by with their arms idle,” he implored. “We need those who react immediately to help the local people.”<\/p>\n Abyei has long faced challenges, including land disputes and attacks from neighboring areas and Misseriya militia groups.<\/p>\n These attacks often involve cattle raiding and violence against civilians.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hou Akot Hou Abyei Special Administrative Area (ASAA) calls for a more robust peacekeeping presence in contested region, following a recent skirmish that resulted in injuring o of Rupamer County commissioner. In a phone interview on Thursday, Information Minister Bulis Koc said existing forces, primarily from Ghana, were[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abyei-administrative-area","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23660,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23659\/revisions\/23660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}