Community Empowerment for Progress Organization or CEPO social media survey on face book showed that South Sudanese users are changing from inciting violence to peace and reconciliation.
CEPO Executive Director Edmond Yakani told CRN on Friday that five tracked cases of citizens in Diaspora indicated swift change in attitude of violence in the beginning to peaceful and reconciliatory attitude of sense of belonging and nationalism.
He recommended face book users to have constructive messages of peace and resolutions to conflict.
Mr Yakani added that the survey indicated that face book was used negatively two months after mid December crisis.
He explained that the start of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development or IGAD peace process in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia shifted the trend of destructive use of face book to solution seeking.
The Executive Director said the face book survey unveiled 60 percent users labeling mid December crisis as ethnic war between two groups in the following two months.
He added that 40 percent social media users posed questions on why fighting now?
The Executive Director said the survey targeted 500 direct respondents and 2,500 indirect respondents.
He added that before mid December crisis face book users focused on SPLM internal democracy crisis, constitutional crisis on state governors’ removal, cabinet dissolution, political inclusivity and participation and corruption, citing lack of accountability, justice and impunity.