Trade along Dinka-Nuer borders contribute to peace: official
September 20, 2015(BOR) – The grassroot reconciliatory approach to achieve peace has proved a reality as cross-border cattle trading activities between communities in Uror and Ayod counties on South Sudan’s Jonglei state have greaty improved, an official said.
The booming trade activities, he disclosed, extends upto Panyagoor in Twic East county.
Mabior, in an interview with Sudan Tribune, confirmed that cattle trading was a major step in realising the real meanings of reconciliation and forgiveness in communities.
“We from the state here as the commissioners of Jonglei state we started peace process on the ground since February last years. Now between the greater Bor areas and the areas of Lou Nuer we have no problem”, the commissioner said Saturday.
“Now the Nuer come from Ayod and Uror to sell their cattle in Duk and go back with food items for their families. Everything they eat now comes from Dinka Bor areas. This made them understand that the war was not about Dinka Bor, it means peace on ground will be 100 percent reachable without violent”, stressed Mabior.
The Uror county commissioner, howver, blamed the Lou Nuer white army fighters of their continued attack on the government forces in the oil-rich Upper Nile and Unity states.
“You hear that the white has crossed to Malakal and Bentiu. They are, maybe part of the fighters who violated peace several times”, Mabior claimed, further alleging that some senior rebel generals were still using the white army to help them fight government forces.
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