Greater Bahr el Ghazal traditional leaders call for peace

March, 04, 2016 (WAU) – Churches and traditional leaders from South Sudan’s Greater Bahr el Ghazal region have urged the population to embark on peaceful co-existence with one another.

The move came after two groups from difference parts of Lakes, Warrap, Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Western Bahr el Ghazal state gathered in Wau state for a three-day peace and reconciliation workshop organised by Creative’s Systems to Uphold the Credibility and Constitutionality of Elections in South Sudan (SUCCESS), working in collaboration with National Democratic Institute (NDI).

Bishop Abraham Yel Nhial, the Episcopal Church of Sudan diocese of Aweil, said the workshop that brought together the groups with the aim to collectively discuss the issues facing the region in reaching out to communities to implement the peace accord.

The groups called on the leaders of the armed opposition, Riek Machar to return home and join President Salva Kiir in forming the transitional government of national unity and fully implement the peace deal.

“We urge our people to except the entire inverse for the sake of peace and unity among the people of South Sudan not to except any division or conflict that may cause disunity among the people of South Sudan,” said Nhial.

“We strong called on the citizens to invest in peace rather than conflict issues that include cattle and farmers issues,” he added.

The groups condemned the attack on internally displaced persons in Wau and the incident that occured at the United Nations camp in Malakal and called on the government to bring to book those responsible for both attacks on innocent civilians.

“We call upon any group that continue instigating violence inform ofbcriminal ways in the country to lay down their weapons and join peace,” he stressed.

(ST).