{"id":466710,"date":"2011-07-23T12:23:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T12:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/23\/south-sudan-rebel-leader-killed\/"},"modified":"2011-07-23T12:23:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T12:23:34","slug":"south-sudan-rebel-leader-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/23\/south-sudan-rebel-leader-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan rebel leader killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"82.0145075083\"><span><span>23 July 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>08:23 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/48444000\/jpg\/_48444396_006063795.jpg\" alt=\"James Copnall\" \/><span>By James Copnall<\/span> <span>BBC News, Khartoum<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A key South Sudanese rebel leader, Col Gatluak Gai, who this week signed a peace deal with the government, has been killed.<\/p>\n<p>The exact circumstances of his death are disputed.<\/p>\n<p>Col Gai was shot in the early hours of Saturday morning despite having apparently been reconciled with the South Sudanese army.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan became independent earlier this month, but is facing at least half a dozen armed rebellions.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at or near the district of Pakur in Unity State.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Gai began his rebellion following elections last year, after the candidate he supported for state governor was controversially declared to be the loser.<\/p>\n<p>This week Col Gai signed a peace agreement with the South Sudan army and was due to be reintegrated into it.<\/p>\n<p>A fellow rebel told the BBC he had been lured into a trap by the army, which then assassinated him.<\/p>\n<p>The army spokesman denied this.<\/p>\n<p>He said Col Gai had been killed in a fight with his deputy, after he had changed his mind about the peace agreement.<\/p>\n<p><span>Ethnic divide<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But it is clear this incident will make the remaining rebel leaders less likely to accept the amnesty offered by President Salva Kiir.<\/p>\n<p>According to a rebel leader who knew him, Gatluak Gai was in his 50s, with an imposing, physical presence.<\/p>\n<p>Although he was not an educated man, he was able to recruit soldiers from the sub-sect of his Nuer ethnic group, which has often been in conflict with South Sudan&#8217;s biggest group, the Dinka.<\/p>\n<p>Col Gai is survived by many children, and nine of his boys fought in his militia.<\/p>\n<p>One of his daughters is married to Gen Peter Gadet, who leads the most active rebel group in South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan: A country divided<\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"33.5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/spl\/hi\/world\/10\/sudan\/img\/sud_sat.gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"564\" alt=\"Satellite image showing geography of Sudan, source: Nasa\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"12\">\n<p>The great divide across Sudan is visible even from space, as this Nasa satellite image shows. The northern states are a blanket of desert, broken only by the fertile Nile corridor. South Sudan is covered by green swathes of grassland, swamps and tropical forest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"33\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/spl\/hi\/world\/10\/sudan\/img\/sud_ethnic.gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"564\" alt=\"Map showing Ethnicity of Sudan, source:\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<p>Sudan&#8217;s arid north is mainly home to Arabic-speaking Muslims. But in South Sudan there is no dominant culture. The Dinkas and the Nuers are the largest of more than 200 ethnic groups, each with its own languages and traditional beliefs, alongside Christianity and Islam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"33.5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/spl\/hi\/world\/10\/sudan\/img\/sud_infant.gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"564\" alt=\"Map showing infant Mortality in Sudan, source: Sudan household health survey 2006\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"12\">\n<p>The health inequalities in Sudan are illustrated by infant mortality rates. In South Sudan, one in 10 children die before their first birthday. Whereas in the more developed northern states, such as Gezira and White Nile, half of those children would be expected to survive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"34.5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/spl\/hi\/world\/10\/sudan\/img\/sud_water.gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"564\" alt=\"Map showing percentage of households using improved water and sanitation in Sudan, source: Sudan household health survey 2006\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"14\">\n<p>The gulf in water resources between north and south is stark. In Khartoum, River Nile, and Gezira states, two-thirds of people have access to piped drinking water and pit latrines. In the south, boreholes and unprotected wells are the main drinking sources. More than 80% of southerners have no toilet facilities whatsoever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"33.5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/spl\/hi\/world\/10\/sudan\/img\/sud_edu.gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"564\" alt=\"Map showing percentage of who complete primary school education in Sudan, source: Sudan household health survey 2006\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"12\">\n<p>Throughout Sudan, access to primary school education is strongly linked to household earnings. In the poorest parts of the south, less than 1% of children finish primary school. Whereas in the wealthier north, up to 50% of children complete primary level education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"33\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/spl\/hi\/world\/10\/sudan\/img\/sud_food.gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"564\" alt=\"Map showing percentage of households with poor food consumption in Sudan, source: Sudan household health survey 2006\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<p>Conflict and poverty are the main causes of food insecurity in Sudan. The residents of war-affected Darfur and South Sudan are still greatly dependent on food aid. Far more than in northern states, which tend to be wealthier, more urbanised and less reliant on agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32.5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/spl\/hi\/world\/10\/sudan\/img\/sud_oil.gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"564\" alt=\"Map showing position of oilfileds in Sudan, source: Drilling info international\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\">\n<p>Sudan exports billions of dollars of oil per year. Southern states produce more than 80% of it, but receive only 50% of the revenue. The pipelines run north but the two sides have still not agreed how to share the oil wealth in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-14261525\" title=\"South Sudan rebel leader killed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Sudan rebel leader killed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 23 July 2011 Last updated at 08:23 ET By James Copnall BBC News, Khartoum A key South Sudanese rebel leader, Col Gatluak Gai, who this week signed a peace deal with the government, has been killed. The exact circumstances of his death are disputed. Col Gai was shot in the early hours of Saturday morning despite having apparently been reconciled with the South Sudanese army. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Sudan rebel leader killed - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/23\/south-sudan-rebel-leader-killed\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"South Sudan rebel leader killed - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"23 July 2011 Last updated at 08:23 ET By James Copnall BBC News, Khartoum A key South Sudanese rebel leader, Col Gatluak Gai, who this week signed a peace deal with the government, has been killed. 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