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Salva Kiir is welcomed in Cairo by Sudanese gangs

By Roba Gibia

February 10, 2008 (CAIRO) — At the eve of First Vice President of the Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan’s visit to Cairo, the lost and out-laws boys known as Sudanese Gangs in Cairo, intensified their horrific activities in various parts of Cairo since beginning of this month, especially in Ain Shams, Heliopolis and El Maadi.

Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayadrit’s visit to Cairo has been delayed twenty four hours from Monday to Tuesday. Salva Kiir will talk with the Egyptian officials on the southern Sudan reconstruction and issues related to the Sudan’s peace implementation besides Darfur peace process.

Motivated by the rumors that the Egyptian security will round up all the Sudanese gangs before the arrival of Salva Kiir to Cairo, the lost and out-laws boys started their horrific activities by attacking their victims in the flats and vowed that they will slaughter great number of south Sudanese prior to Salva Kiir’s arrival. Thus, many have been chopped in Ain Shams and Heliopolis, beside that they smashed several Egyptian cars in Heliopolis and El Maadi.

The worse of this event took place in El Maadi on February 8, 2008 at street 70 where these gangs attacked their fellow south Sudanese in flats, and smashed dozens of the cars. The police security started arresting south Sudanese in the area (street 70) by collecting them from their flats, and rounded up great number of people, but the real wrongdoers remain at large.

This act and behavior of south Sudanese gangs has caused great damage to the innocent Southerners who are living at street 70, as even the Egyptians have become suspicious of all south Sudanese. For the past couple of days, during the night the street 70 and Hassanein Doshouky were deserted except Egyptians on coffee shops.

If any Sudanese goes to buy at grocery, he will be questioned by the grocery owner as what you want, this implies that the tension and resentment against south Sudanese started surfacing particularly after injuring Egyptian lady trying to protect her car from being smashed in EL Maadi at street 70.

At the lieu of that, the south Sudanese in Cairo have acquired unique characters and have resorted in using and hiring lost and out-laws gangs is resolving their personal differences, that is the Sudanese gangs are being supported and encouraged by their own community. Most of the south Sudanese families have got their sons and daughters either with lost boys or out-laws boys.

The south Sudanese youngsters are obliged to join either of the groups as self protection, and these two groups are antagonistic to each other and each has got its territory. As south Sudanese child to walk free in Cairo you have to be member of one of these groups, but yet being a member you are not free to walk in other areas which belong to other opposing group, if you did, you are at risk.

The out-law boy’s territory are mainly Ain Shams and Nasr city and lost boy’s territory are El Maadi and Abbasia. These two antagonistic groups have got their own security apparatus in monitoring the movements of the other group, and even in monitoring their victim’s movements. The odd phenomena here is that the parents are normally defending their sons, saying that they have to defend themselves against the other group and it is their right to poses machetes and knives. One may wonder from where these groups get their source of money! There are many ways of getting their resources which are through looting, theft and attacking their victims in the flats in which they normally rob the entire content of the flat from television, computers and other valuable items.

Therefore, these Sudanese gangs are trying to challenge the Governments of Sudan, South and Egypt and are trying to display and welcome the FV President Salva Kiir Mayardit by saying that here we are, and sound. Salva Kiir is expected to meet with the Sudanese community leaders. It is expected that the issue of lost and out-laws boys is going to dominate community leaders’ meeting with GoSS President besides the voluntary repatriation program and infiltration to Israel.

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15 Comments

  • John Amule de Lokolong
    John Amule de Lokolong

    Salva Kiir is welcomed in Cairo by Sudanese gangs
    Is that their normally Life in that area or they were happy to see their father Goss visiting them that why they show such behaviours,if so we as SS need understanding as we are considered as worest people around de World,in Australia we have problems appointed to our side yet in Egypt people are acting themsame,so whats the need of going abroad for safety you better come back home and fight with your real enemies not wondering in abroad Streets while drunk or whatever

    Goss bring them back to SS and give them
    advice its always hard to experience the life as a refugee.we need them back home to see their belove ones in SS

    sorry for this

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  • wen de kut-ajok
    wen de kut-ajok

    Salva Kiir is welcomed in Cairo by Sudanese gangs
    I think what is written as Sudanese Gangs is bassless, why?

    Coze you can’t start talking something not understandable,these groups had been there for quiet number of years but why was there no accusation?

    Does it means that President Mayardiit was put on power to day? it would been better if the Egyptian’s gov,t had had a report on these groups befor the planed visit of the Mr.Mayardiit.

    Coming up somthing amaizing is that why is it only the southerners against themselves? I totally don’t i agree with the statement, there must be logic behind that.

    Are there no Northerners in Egypt? if yes, have they changed their nationality of being Sudanese? Am afraid pl’se sudantribune do somthing for safe-coming of my leader from that wide wild country God Keep and we pray.

    Mr. Gaja Jaga Akechson

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  • Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
    Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy

    Salva Kiir is welcomed in Cairo by Sudanese gangs
    These people are truth for calling themselves lost mind and out mind for the reality of their worest life in Egypt,but i recommand that they are total fool to call themselves like that,because if they were lost from their country or their parents,they should be positive about coming back and contribute to our nation and relatives in SS,its unsuless to act aganist your brother and intenting to kill yourselves for nothing,its a shame as people are qn when going shopping,you are total driving the mottor of SS to the bottom of the bin in Cairo,its a big shame as Arabs or Egyptain are laughing at you while you are killing yourselves,it become a funniest show for Arabs when out mind and lost mind come face to face in any corner of 70 or Cairo.

    sorry brothe.r
    You better be logically and positively in your Lives and aims in your dreams

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  • Malou Luiny Joseph
    Malou Luiny Joseph

    South Sudan Vice President warns communities to disarm.
    Dear friends and brothers,this idea of disarmament should not be looked at as a negative thing when it proposed or when it is done to a certain community. Infact we should be more grateful to the vice president proposal of carrying out disarmament in the two communities because that is when we shall be secured and free from these tribal conflicts that are always reported among different communities in the South.We should not be taking wrong sides by saying that some our people are being disarmed whereas the rest remain with their guns.I think our government is a tribal government, it is a southern government and it is trying as much as possible to do the best to the citizens of the south .
    Long live south sudan government!

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  • Ms LAA

    Salva Kiir is welcomed in Cairo by Sudanese gangs
    Well, most people agree that the government should take them back to Sudan. What makes you sure that they will like it there? It’s not even a matter of liking it or not because, we Sudanese never care about any persons feelings. We shouldn’t blame the gangs for hating themselves, or other. I know and agree that what is going on is totally depressing and so boorish as well.
    Most of Sudanese parents never thought them what it meant to love your country, infact what it means to love the parents themselves. What you reap is what will eventually sow.
    I feel bad for some parents who are working hard for their kids to survive yet they went to different directions. No one knows for sure why is it depreciating to that extend, but all we can do is pray.. lol. some people don’t even believe that God exist and that’s another big issue!

    The biggest part of the issue is poverty yet, it doesn’t give an excuse to do so to kill or rob people..

    Anyways, taking them back is a good solution, if they wont form a gang back in Sudan, because I’ve heard that there are started already back in Sudan!
    Good Luck with whatever discussion the government takes and hoping it will be good for the gangs and the community.

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  • Manyang
    Manyang

    Salva Kiir is welcomed in Cairo by Sudanese gangs
    Our leader Salva Kiir, must think twice this time when it come to signing any memoradum with Egypt: By Manyang Deng

    I was not surprised when I read this article about the so called sudanese gangs in Cairo welcoming our leader Salva Kiir. It is really very disturbing to hear country people being labeled as out-lawed.

    In reality, if those gangs are in Cairo I would rather appreciate them then condeming them. I have inquired from those who came in Egypt about the situations our people are in. No single person I talked to had ever comment anything good about his/her life in Egypt. Our people are denied their rights under united nations convention in Cairo. They are not provided with basic necessities of life such as food, water, and shelter like other fellow south sudanese in east african countries. Egyptian government had fooled the UN that, the sudanese are their friends and there is no need to provide them anything from UN. This was a big conspiracy against my people. Egypt is an arab country and had more link with the regime in Khartoum.

    For many years, many african sudanese had suffered in Egypt. They live there without any hope for future. Youths have lost their chances of building their careers. In such cases you can not blame those people committing those crimes but the system the system that had subjected them to those harsh conditions. They are doing what each us can do if you are subjected to such inhumane conditions.

    Our leader Salva Kiir, must think twice this time when it come to signing any memoradum with Egypt. I remember when our leader signed memorandum on the construction of Jonglei Canal. it was really irresponsible to sign that memorandum in the first place. Egyptians must treat our citizens with respects before we can cooperate fully with their government. I am now waiting for the time when GOSS will give green light for the full construction of Jonglei Canal. I hope that will not happen during my generation time on this planet.

    By
    Manyang Deng: Can be reached at

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  • Kizzie

    Salva Kiir is welcomed in Cairo by Sudanese gangs
    As a Sudanese living in Cairo, it breaks my heart to see young men from the lost boys and the outlaws hurt their communities in such a horrible way. I’m aware of the difficulties of being a refugee in Egypt, especially the problems facing Southern Sudanese refugees here, however, this is not an excuse to kill, loot , terrrorize and traumatize others. The problem here is not only that young men hurt innocent members of their community, they also ruined the reputation of the innocent southern sudanese refugees/migrants or even individuals existing and struggling to make a living in Cairo.
    I’ve talked to a pastor and several members of the community about it and I really think that the GOSS and others should take this matter seriously seeing that it is affecting all the sudanese community here and refugees from other African countries.

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