Nuer leaders call for resignation of Dr. Lomuro over 'ethnic profiling' remarks

South Sudan: Nuer Leadership Declares Minister Lomuro ‘Unfit for Office’

Nuer community leaders in Juba have called for the dismissal or resignation of Cabinet Affairs The post South Sudan: Nuer Leadership Declares Minister Lomuro ‘Unfit for Office’ appeared first on TowerPostNews.

Nuer SPLM members lament community categorization as “friendly and hostile”

The lawmakers clarified that the current conflict in the country is between armed opposition groups and the government, and not a single community By Chuol Chanyong SPLM members from the Nuer community in the Transitional National Legislature have condemned Cabinet Affairs Minister, Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro’s classification of the 16 Nuer counties into “friendly” or “hostile.” “The members of the National Legislature from the Nuer community within…

Nuer leaders call for resignation of Dr. Lomuro over 'ethnic profiling' remarks

JUBA, (Eye Radio) – Political leaders hailing from the Nuer community, as well as lawmakers from the SPLM party, have called for the immediate resignation of Cabinet Affairs Minister Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro, accusing him of making divisive and ethnically charged statements against the Nuer community. This follows a press briefing held by Dr. Lomuro on April 26, during which he reportedly categorized the Nuer community as both “friendly and hostil…

Government changes tone on 'hostile' Nuer areas remark - Radio Tamazuj

South Sudan’s government on Monday sought to clarify a cabinet minister’s remarks labeling some Nuer-majority counties as “hostile,” denying the statement targeted the entire Nuer ethnic group amid growing criticism over ethnic profiling. The controversy follows heightened tensions after President Salva Kiir placed First Vice President Riek Machar under house arrest on March 26, accusing him of ties to a March 4 attack by the White Army—a Nuer y…