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Bishop Hiboro cautions against ‘harsh’ and ‘destructive’ language by Radio Miraya - Jun 30, 2016 “Language is doing much more violence, sometimes even much more harm than the guns.” – strong assessment by Bishop Edward Hiboro, the Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Tombura in Yambio on the triggers of violence in the country. Speaking to Miraya Breakfast show on Thursday, Bishop Hiboro appealed to South Sudanese to avoid “harsh and divisive” language and instead develop a language that can build the country.” “Take off too much negativity, take out provocative language, the anger needs to give way to the language of peaceful communication, non-violence communication to help the country wake up from the current situation,” Bishop Hiboro advised. Bishop Hiboro said there is need to develop a new language and a conscience to prevent crime and consolidate the country into a peaceful nation. Bishop Hiboro’s advice comes amid growing concerns about the growing insecurity in Wau. He said the violence in Wau, while regrettable, stems from lack of dialogue; “when dialogue is missing immediately people resort to violence and fighting.” “South Sudanese need to learn to talk, its talking that brought us South Sudan, It is not cowardice to speak to your brother and sister and say look we have gone wrong here, how do we go about this.” While acknowledging the problems in the country, Bishop Hiboro said there is huge mistrust, and people are afraid to speak to each other. He said instruments such as the church, civil society, international NGO’s have the power to engage in Dialogue “But how can they do it?” he asked. The Bishop advised every leader, individual, and family in South Sudan to find time for a retreat and use this time to reflect on the kind of South Sudan they want. He urged the Government to find ways to reach people “with the power and closeness of peace,” saying; “If there could be a general ceasefire, no more shooting, no more fighting, the rest of things would fall in place.” “We prepare people in the church, we pacify them, we need the government to step in and reinforce the messages spread by the church to pave way for a peaceful stable nation.” Listen to the full interview; https://audioboom.com/boos/4765647-bishop-hiboro-cautions-nation-against-harsh-and-divisive-language http://radio-miraya.org/national/bishop-hiboro-cautions-against-divisive-harsh-and-destructive-language/ END ______________________ John Ashworth [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +211 919 695 362 (South Sudan mobile) +27 79 832 8834 (South Africa mobile) +44 787 976 8030 (UK mobile) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation -- -- The content of this message does not necessarily reflect John Ashworth's views. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, John Ashworth is not the author of the content and the source is always cited. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudan-john-ashworth" 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 this group at http://groups.google.co.za/group/sudan-john-ashworth --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudans-john-ashworth" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sudans-john-ashworth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orWnsuPEWOvE3w16fZQBypQT39q7EtyBBiMaVZbPjJgBQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
