Sudan: "SPLA soldiers always come at night searching for our wives and our daughters to rape"

The Sudan Tribune reports the Southern Sudan army, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has been accused of killing and raping civilians in Central Equatoria state.

According to Nhial Bol, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Juba-based The Citizen newspaper, in a news report he published on Monday, said residents of Terekeka County of Central Equatoria state have accused the forces of the SPLA of raping women and girls in their villages.

The army is also accused of killings and causing insecurity in the town. "SPLA soldiers always come at night searching for our wives and our daughters to rape," a resident was reported as saying.

He described the attitudes of the SPLA soldiers as "inhumane" following the disarmament in the area.

"We never experienced these inhumane practices [but] only after disarming us just two months ago that they had moved to rape our daughters and wives. They know we are weak to react," said another resident.

One elderly woman who claimed to be the only elder mother in town alleged that two soldiers entered her tukul and demanded sex and food, but she forced them to leave when she cried.

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