Lakes & WES to hold peace conference
Thursday, 19 July 2012 08:10 Mabior Mach South Sudan >>> . Lakes and Western Equatoria states are holding an inter-state peace conference on Friday to find means of achieving lasting peace between their communities. At the two-day meeting, the ministers of local government from both states will discuss practical ways of bringing sustainable peace between the Mvolo community of Western Equatoria and that of neighboring Mapuordit of Lakes State. The conference is being organized by the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), a local Non-Governmental Organization dealing in human rights and democracy issues. Lakes State minister of Local Government, Benjamin Makuer Mabor, told Radio Miraya on Thursday that the conference is a follow-up on a previous peace agreement the two communities reached in April last year. "There was joint meeting done last year in Mapuordit regarding inter-conflict between Lakes State community and Mvolo community of Western Equatoria, so there were some plans and resolutions which were laid by then. We are going to discuss over those resolutions and evaluations of how this meeting get an effect to our communities," said Makuer. The agreement was reached following inter-communal clashes that left more than 30 people dead. The agreement called for cessation of hostilities, free movement of people and a halt to movement of cattle camps between the two states until the civilian communities are disarmed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
