1933: Lwak Nelson Reports On Peace Keeping Mission in Magwi County

<div>A joint team comprising government and UN agencies visited Magwi County which recently experienced clashes between cattle herders and the host community. The team, headed by Deputy minister for foreign affairs, Deng Dau was on a mission to assess the situation on the ground and the conditions of the IDPs. On Tuesday, the 19th of April  they met with county authorities, youth representatives and Eastern Equatoria State Governor Luis Lobong Lojore. More in the following report by Lwak Nelson  <br> <br> </div> <div>TRANSCRIPT:<br> <br> </div> <div>In February armed cattle herders and host communities clashed in Magwi County resulting in many deaths, destruction of property and displacement of people.<br> Over 120 thousand have been camping in Magwi Town and over 8 hundred in Pajok. Community leaders in Magwi estimate that over one hundred people from the community were killed in recent cattle raids in the area. Anyek Rose, a women’s group leader in Magwi says among those who were killed was a mother of a 4-month-old baby. She said several women were raped and more than 20 of them have since been abandoned by their husbands.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>“We have a lot of bad things that happen when cattle herders brought conflict to us. We have people who were killed, among them women. Now we have a four-month-old child whose mother was killed. Government brought milk for the child but since then there is no more assistance. Secondly our women who sexually abused in the bushes, more than 20 women were raped in the bushes and now their husband have abandoned them and the stranded. Can government take care of these women. This is what is making us unhappy. We as the community of Magwi County if government want us to reconcile or stay in peace government must do something good that we can see so that we can sit without down”<br> <br> </div> <div>This joint visit comes at the backdrop of violent confrontation between armed cattle herders and community of Magwi County and some surrounding areas which displaced thou