The state government of Eastern Equatoria has imposed a night curfew to deter potential attacks on humanitarian agencies.
This came after the media reports revealed that the Monyomiji group in Torit served a 72-hour ultimatum to UN agencies and Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) to leave the state beginning on Wednesday.
Monyomiji, a group of youth, claimed there was imbalance in employment between the indigenous youth and aliens. This had resulted in violence against aid workers delivering assistance to the people in need.
On Wednesday, the Eastern Equatoria State governor Louise Lobong Lojor imposed a curfew after suspension of NGOs’ operation for a week, and vowed to crackdown on anyone targeting humanitarian agencies in the area.
“The government will never accept such destructive statement from anybody who is bent to destabilise our state,” Eye Radio quoted Mr. Aliandro Lotok, governor’s press secretary.
According to media reports, some NGOs have started evacuating the area as violence surge against relief workers.
Over the past months, a number of humanitarian workers have lost their lives in the course of delivering aid to the people in need. Recently, a female aid worker and a guard were shot dead in Torit.
