The Governor of Wau State planned to conduct a reconciliation conference targeting different ethnic groups in Bahr el Ghazal region.
Elias Waya Nyipuoch, says traditional leaders of welcomed the initiative, Radio Voice of Hope reports.
Consultation with the national government has been made, he adds.
The Governor says he is optimistic that the conference will help the communities in the region to forget the past and open a new page for life and peaceful coexistence.
Waya urges the citizens in Wau to have patient despite all the challenges that they are facing.
Our army is serving for more than two months without salary, this has forced some of them go on rampage, he says.
Governor Waya calls upon citizens not to take the law into their hands.