S. Sudan president calls for tolerance among citizens
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April 16, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan president, Salva Kiir has called
for tolerance and acceptance, saying the nation belongs to all ethnic
groups.
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President Salva Kiir addresses the nation from the State House on
September 15, 2015, in Juba (Photo AFP/Charles Atiki Lomodong)
The president made these remarks on Good Friday, a day he said,
signifies the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness,
redemption over condemnation and hope over despair.
He urged South Sudanese to accept one another, embrace peace, forgive,
reconcile and live peacefully, reiterating his government’s
determination to bring lasting peace in the country, through
engagements with other stakeholders.
"As we celebrate yet another Easter, I urge all our citizens to live
peacefully with one another and do their utmost to make this country a
peaceful nation. Our people must accept themselves and appreciate the
values of peaceful co-existence. It is in our collective interest to
live in peace because without peace, no meaningful and sustainable
development can take place,” said Kiir.
“The message of Easter is filled with themes of love, faith,
sacrifice, dedication, commitment, fulfillment of prophecy, hope,
expectation and victory, as espoused in the scriptures and the
teaching and lifestyle of Jesus Christ,” he added.
In recent weeks, however, fighting has surged between armed forces
loyal to South Sudan’s former First Vice President, Riek Machar and
government troops, especially in the Eastern Equatoria state town of
Pajok and in Wau, one of the nation’s newly-created states.
The United Nations mission in South Sudan urged the warring parties to
silence guns and demonstrate responsibility as violence escalates.
The acting Special Representative of the U.N Secretary-General,
Moustapha Soumaré, said the peacekeepers were pushing for access to
the conflict areas in order to protect the innocent civilians.
According to the world body, intense fighting occurred on Friday
between government troops and opposition forces in Raja, a town
located in Lol, one of South Sudan’s controversially-created states.
Soumaré said the Easter period should symbolise reconciliation and
rebirth of hope, calling on leaders from all sides to embrace peace.
"They must show restraint and demonstrate their responsibility to
ensure the sanctity of life of all South Sudanese citizens,” he said
in a statement issued Saturday.
The U.N has reportedly deployed in vital areas to protect civilians,
despite the challenges they face. But Soumaré said there can be no
military solution to the conflict, but only "through a political
solution."
“They must once and for all silence the guns, return to dialogue,
reconcile their differences and bring the peace the South Sudanese
people want and deserve," he stressed.
In recent days, the U.N said, thousands of people have fled to
neighbouring Uganda from Pajok, while 13,500 others were received at
its mission’s protection of civilians’ sites in Wau after the clashes
between the country’s main rival factions.
(ST)
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16 April 19:47, by Midit Mitot
Shit! do you know the meaning of word call tolerance? You would
have to preach this word since on 16/Dec/2013 after your tribal
Militia call Mathaing Anyoor have murdered the civilians. in-order to
convince this nation, today after what?
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16 April 21:21, by padiit gaga
Mr President doesn’t mean his word he always tried to
blindfold the world by saying peace while he doesn’t mean it. This
tribal President must resign for peace to come if not S.Sudan must be
like Somalia until he die, but IO will facilitate it.
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16 April 21:34, by Garang Akeen
@Padiit you wishes Kiir to resign and then who take over? Tell me.
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17 April 01:41, by Chong Thow
It will be acceptable if president kir resign,and
people of southern m sudan choose they thinking is better for them.
The unit will come back to southern sudan. It is hard to reconcile
under president kir leadership.
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16 April 21:55, by Garang Akeen
@Padiit, you wishes Pres. Salva to resign and then who
will take over. Tell me Am waiting
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17 April 03:38, by Force 1
Midit Mitot;
The question is; do you people know how to not rebelled? How
many times have you rebelled in the history of South Sudan struggle?
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16 April 20:08, by Eastern
Well, Salva Kiir is the president of dinkas and the nondinkas who
have accepted to participate in the Dinka dance of dominance......
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17 April 03:40, by Force 1
Eastern;
Just take it or leave it and then moved to your ancestral
countries of Uganda, Congo or even Kenya.
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17 April 03:45, by Mr Point
the President set up massacres in 2013 and 2015 to destroy
what peace was then possible.
Now he preaches tolerance and the peace is destroyed.
What tolerance is possible?
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17 April 04:24, by Force 1
Mr. Point;
Who is going to lose more if you refuse peace call? I
know it will never be the government!
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16 April 21:25, by Garang Akeen
Pres. Salva Kiir, urged all s.sudanse to accept one another,
forgive and reconcile. Who can hears sweetest speech from H.E the
pres. They have ears but the don,t want to hear, they have eye but the
do refuse to see. God have mercy on us.
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16 April 22:12, by jubaone
Garang Akeen,
Only the dead jienge is the honest one. Don’t trust the
Kiirminal whatever he says is devil’s lies and hypocrisy. Only
hopeless jienges believe in the scum he says
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16 April 23:37, by Garang Akeen
@Jubaone you have cause to oppose ever blessing, I thinks
even if pres. Kiir came with Jesus as a give for you, you will still
oppose him.
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17 April 03:42, by Force 1
Jubaone;
No one care what you think, just take it or leave and go
somewhere you like.
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16 April 22:58, by Kush Natives
Well, Mr. president, one sometimes remains confused. When will you
realized that you’re in the wrong country? A country that no one’s
listening for your peaceful commitment, rather. Mr. president, you’re
over too peaceful. A country with an abnormal citizens who don’t
believe in a peaceful solutions. South Sudan at the moment needs a
dictator ruler, Kiir is 2softs to deal with us.
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17 April 01:02, by Lokoli
Very interesting Mr. President. Last time you kissed Bishop
hand asking forgiveness, today again asking for tolerance among
citizen. Who can trust you!!!
Mr Kush Natives. How many time did Mr President failed to
respect his promises? You are the people benefiting from blood of the
innocent, and loots. The worse part it is that, this war will not stop
until Mr President is gone.
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17 April 01:08, by Lokoli
As long as the idea of born to rule exist in your mind and
continuously suppress the masses, the war will be endless. You can
killed but you would not stop the rebels from recruiting more and more
extremest. It is good the war is coming down there for you to test
what you cooked. The end of the current government will be worse than
the defeat of Germany in Second World war.
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17 April 03:44, by Force 1
Lokoli;
Go any trust anyone you like somewhere else; who give a
damn what you think!
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17 April 03:10, by Nairobimitot
Those of you who write on Sudan Tribune wishing South Sudan more
destruction, you are wrong. Your mission and discussion are supposed
to be about how can we solve this problem of civil war and find the
way forward. Your aspirations should not be about destroying your
country and accepting to live in Uganda, Kenya, Kongo, Sudan, Chad,
and Ethiopia.
Your discussions should not be about hate, and this is Dinka,
Nuer, Equatorian and Baria and so on. All of you will live in the same
country embracing peace at the end of all this destruction of the
country That you called South Sudan. I urge you to present a topic
that is meaningful to the discussion so that all of us can participate
in the debate and with serious discussions. That is how you are going
to solve the problem of South Sudan. Guns and shootting that leads to
the killing of your fellow South Sudanese are not going to bring total
and lasting peace in South Sudan because everyone knows how to should
a gun. Please adopt a more professional way of life by presenting your
topics which can be discussed and debated.
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17 April 04:17, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g
What an insult by head of Dinka state! They kill, rape, loot
non-Dinka property and yet he comes and says tolerate their abuse!
What a monkey!
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17 April 05:59, by Mike Mike
What has been said by Presid.Kiir was true but he should
directs this message to his field commanders to respect the right of
being S.Sudanese then to make discrimination within our civil
population.I hate this brutal killing that had been initiated by our
soldiers whenever there was military confrontation between rival
forces.Why do we kills our innocent people when the two rival forces
fought?.
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17 April 06:43, by Garang Akeen
Mike mike, We didn,t kill unarmed civilian but armed
civilian, look last week, armed youths laid ambush and killed brig.
Peter Par and other officers and ncos, whnen we kill them onselves
defend, people are crying you kill civilian,
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