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SPLA investigates Chukudum problems

    NAIROBI

    A commission set up by SPLA leader John Garang has found that recent insecurity in the Chukudum area of eastern Equatoria had been caused by different armed groups. An SPLA statement received by IRIN said the National Mobilisation and Reconciliation Commission found that those responsible had included a local pro-government militia, armed criminals consisting mainly of SPLA “deserters” known locally as Mujirimoi, and SPLA soldiers reacting - at times excessively - to the activities of the two other groups. The statement said the SPLA was “working hard” to bring the situation under control. “We are trying to deny Didinga area to NIF (government) influence and to bring peace, stability and socio-economic development to Didinga land,” the statement added.

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