Intertribal violence in Southern Sudan is responsible for at least 2000 deaths in 2009 while 250,000 have fled their homes.
Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors without Borders, presented yesterday in Nairobi a report on intertribal conflict in Southern Sudan.The MSF document, titled “Facing up to Reality √ɬê Health crisis deepens as violence escalates in Southern Sudan” √ɬê says this year’s violence is the worst since the signing of the CPA in 2005.
Karla Bil, MSF’s medical coordinator in Sudan, said at least 2,000 people have died in violence this year.
The report discloses that violence is escalating across Southern Sudan, from the LRA affected areas in the Equatorias, to those states plagued by tribal clashes.
It holds that the intensity and the targets of the recent violence √ɬê villages instead of cattle camps and the majority of victims being women and children √ɬê represents something more than √É’inter-tribal cattle rustling’.
The number of people killed in the violence is three times higher than the number wounded.
The document says from March up to October 392 people were injured, 1248 killed and 86 thousand displaced in violent clashes targeting women and children.
The MSF report concludes that 2009 has been the most violent year since the signing of the CPA and this violence is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, with regular outbreaks of diseases.
MSF has projects in Abyei, Western and Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile, Unity, Jonglei, and Western and Central Equatoria.