The first lady of South Sudan Mary Ayen Mayardit (Photo above) has threatened to moblise women for military operations against the Northern neighbour-Sudan.
She said, “If the border is not demarcated this month, we the women of South Sudan will all put on military uniforms; and go the front lines to fight”.
A joint security and political mechanism meeting between Sudan and South Sudan failed last week to implement a buffer zone they agreed due to their difference over the disputed border areas.
Talks will resume on 19 June.
“We the women of South Sudan are ready to go to the frontline. Am ready to go to the front line to fight because we cannot leave our borders to others, this border issue cannot be left at all,” she said.
She said women of South Sudan currently have two battalions; the girls’ battalion and Shatta or red hot pepper, adding that the two divisions can join the front line when called upon any time.
Ayen made the remarks while handing over food items to members of the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) as part of efforts by the country’s citizens to individually or collectively give moral and financial support to the national army.
Reacting on the recent oil shut down, the first lady equated the matter to a situation whereby an outsider intentionally comes and takes a meal specifically prepared for people in a particular home.
“If you prepare meal for your people, others cannot come and take it by force; the oil in South Sudan is ours. It doesn’t belong to Jalaba (Mundukuru). Munduku have no right to take our oil, they have stolen enough,” she said in reference to the North Sudanese.
Meanwhile, the first lady further said she was no longer in good relations with her Sudanese counterpart, perhaps considering the current trend of events between Sudan and South Sudan.
“I was a friend to the wife of President Bashir [Omar Hassan] of Sudan, but now we are not friends anymore,” she said.
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