Elders To Work For Peace To End Conflict In South Sudan The Dinka (Jieng) and Nuer (Naath) Council of Elders held a consultative meeting on the 9th of June in Nairobi to call upon the elders of the two communities of South Sudan to work for peace and unity. 16 June 2015
By Gabriel Mayom NAIROBI, June 15, 2015 [Gurtong]- Under the auspices of Kenya’s former President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi, the meeting was held at the Kabarnet Garden in Nairobi. Moi Africa Institute set the elders of the two sides to talk on the role of the council of elders in resolving the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, defining the root causes of the conflict in South Sudan and elders advice on the way forward. Justice Ambrose RinyThiik, the Chairman of the Jieng Council of Elders said that the nation needs peace and unity instead of war that destroys public property. He noted that the elders agreed to engage the leaders of South Sudan to seize the war by all means and to preach the policy of peace and reconciliation in in the country. Among the resolutions, signed by the elders reached upon were as stated in a document, “We recognize that a solution to the current conflict lies with the people of South Sudan; therefore, we are committed to explore and utilize our traditional mechanisms to bring peace and reconciliation.” Riiny explained that, “we reject the characterization of the current conflict as a conflict between the Jieng and the Nuer communities and acknowledge that the conflict emanated primarily from the power struggle within the SPLM party.” -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oq4q97Z-Dn_YVSwB8p7ShC%2B%3DbGSOwx4N_Wf_RijUYQNYQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
