6 January - Disarmament Exercise A Success in Panyinjiar County

6 January - (Bentiu) - At least 85 guns were collected from civilians following a peaceful disarmament exercise in Panyinjiar county, Unity state, on Monday.

Our correspondent in Bentiu, James Mabor, reported that there have been increased cases of insecurity in the county.

The arms were collected from 6 of the 9 payams of Panyinjiar county and the operation is expected to be carried out soon in the remaining 3 payams.
The disarmament operation is being carried out by chiefs with support from SPLA soldiers.

According to the head of the SPLA disarmament team, Kachlech Kulang, the exercise was successful but faced resistance from some civilians who claimed that confiscating all their guns would make the county vulnerable to cattle raiders.

Kulang promised to deploy a police force which would protect civilians from any attackers

Source:Sudan Radio Service (http://www.sudanradio.org/viewArticle.php?id=1833)