Acholi king, S. Sudan Marchar discuss LRA’s eradication

Feb 17, 2006 (JUBA) — Acholi king David Onek Achana has held consultations with southern Sudan vice President Riek Machar to find a resolution to the ongoing Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) crisis.

Acholi people living in a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda and in Magwe County, Eastern Equatoria in southern Sudan.

According to Onek “The problem of the LRA will not be resolved unless the Sudanese Acholi and Ugandan Acholi tribes unite themselves and work hand in hand to eradicate the LRA from Acholi land.”

The king, who is a Ugandan, continued by saying that with the government support the people can eradicate the LRA from the area: “The Sudanese and Ugandan governments will eradicate the LRA from their land”.

“I met with the Ugandan president to try to resolve this problem before coming here to meet the vice president of southern Sudan.”, the king added.

(Juba Post/ST)