Members of the Ngok Dinka tribe in Abyei area have demonstrated a decision allegedly by the local authorities in Sudan’s West Kordofan State to prevent Misseriya leaders from participating in a peace conference scheduled to take place in Aweil town.
Rou Manyiel Rou, the head of civil society organizations in Abyei, told Radio Tamazuj that more than 2,000 citizens condemn the move to prevent Misseriya traditional leaders in Mujlad town from participating in the peace conference in Aweil town.
“We organized peaceful protests in order to condemn what happened on 8 November, the Sudanese government stopped a delegation of the Misseriya tribe from taking part in the Aweil peace conference on 9 November,” said Rou. “We want to tell the world about what happened, we want to have dialogue between the two tribes in an attempt to resolve border disputes.”
He pointed out that the protesters petitioned the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) to call on the Khartoum government to allow the Misseriya leaders to sit down with the Ngok Dinka tribe in a peace conference in Abyei.
Concordis organization, which facilitates the peace meetings between the two tribes, has reportedly confirmed that the Aweil conference that was scheduled to take place in 10 November has been postponed.
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