After Wau violence, civil society outraged over lack of peace WAU (1 Jul.) After recent violence in Wau, civil society and religious organizations have expressed anger and despair at the absence of peace in South Sudan.
Fighting between government and opposition troops last week displaced around 12,000 people in Wau. Local and national committees are due to investigate the cause of violence. “As peace makers, we are all outraged by deaths, injustice, hunger and fear that has crippled one of our largest cities” Church leaders said in a statement following the recent violence. “When will peace reign? When our people be free again to laugh and trust? For how long must we weep?” The culture of violence among South Sudanese is increasing, the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, a civil society group, said in a statement this week. Headed by Edmund Yakani, the organization said that the “killing of innocent citizens because of their ethnic affiliation is increasing in South Sudan. The demand for South Sudanese to abolish the use of violence as a means of resolving their political grievance is needed,” The clergy and CEPO urged the transitional government to conduct a credible and transparent investigation into the violence. Yakani said that the national investigation is a “remarkable act of responsibility”, and hoped that the tendency of committees to conduct investigations without displaying their results is avoided. Both the church and CEPO also called for urgent humanitarian assistance to Wau. Displaced are in urgent need of medicine, clean drinking water, and food. -- 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/CAJb14opG7BhGbN2YWhV7JUoGw-DNyc1Jc_5P0MCvCeVEp%2BjUCQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
