{"id":40311,"date":"2024-02-22T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/?p=40311"},"modified":"2024-02-22T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:37:00","slug":"greater-kapoeta-region-resolves-agrees-to-restore-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/2024\/02\/22\/greater-kapoeta-region-resolves-agrees-to-restore-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Kapoeta region resolves agrees to restore peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The High-level conference in the divided Kapoeta EASTERN EQUATORIA state again pledged to implement agreed-on actions to restore peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For almost a decade, ethnically divided residents in the greater Kapoeta region have been engaged in intermittent cattle raiding, child abductions, and revenge killings, thus creating unrest and insecurity for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to UNIMISS reports, at numerous peace dialogues, community representatives have agreed on how to resolve their issues, but actions need to be taken urgently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The government of Eastern Equatoria State, supported by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), recently organized a high-level conference that brought together national politicians, the commissioners of the four counties where violence takes place, civil society representatives, women\u2019s leaders, and youth activists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Among the action points generated at the conference are, confiscating illegal firearms, stopping hate speech, holding perpetrators of crimes accountable, and sending additional security forces to particularly insecure areas to assist the recently deployed Necessary Unified Forces present in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The official present both delivered and signed a new peace accord.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Governor of Eastern Equatoria State Louis Lobong Lojore says that having more uniformed personnel on the ground will help to reduce cases of road ambushes and cattle raids.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cHaving more uniformed personnel on the ground will result in fewer reports about ambushes or stolen cattle. It will give us trust that eventually we can put an end to such violence,\u201d predicted Louis Lobong Lojore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Head of the peacekeeping mission\u2019s Field Office in Torit Guy Griffin said, the success of the treaty signed depends on the collective will of the people of the four counties to make what they have agreed a reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cPeace is a process and today\u2019s activity is a good starting point to achieve it,\u201d Guy Griffin said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mary Natabu, representing both women and youth in Kapoeta says, she is determined to do her part and urge her peers to follow suit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs young people, we have roles to play in stopping the bloodshed and ending the suffering so that we\u2019ll be able to cherish durable peace,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High-level conference in the divided Kapoeta EASTERN EQUATORIA state again pledged to implement agreed-on actions to restore peace. For almost a decade, ethnically divided residents in the greater Kapoeta region have been engaged in intermittent cattle raiding, child abductions, and revenge killings, thus creating unrest and insecurity for themselves. 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