Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal,
December 1, 2021 – A dialogue is underway in Wau County of Western Bahr el Ghazal State with calls for peaceful co-existence among communities.
55 participants are attending the two-day event organized by Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) with support from DT Global.
Speaking during the dialogue opening, CEPO’s regional coordinator, Stephen Robo Musa, urged community members to be vigilant of their people’s welfare.
“The aim of the project is to support communities and local authorities to map out key challenges internally affecting social cohesion in local communities,” he said.
Ukech Utuol Ukech, who represented the state ministry for Peace Building, said attaining peace remains the collective responsibility of all community members.
“When there is peace at the grass root level, that becomes a sure step of prosperity and lasting cohesiveness among the people,” he stressed.
For his part, the mayor of Wau town, Paulino Shaid lauded CEPO for striving towards transforming communities from the culture of violence to peace.
He stressed the importance of peaceful co-existence among citizens in the state.
organized under the theme, “Enhancing social cohesion through community dialogue”, the event is addressing factors that are affecting peaceful co-existence among various communities of Wau county.
Chiefs, women representatives, youth and local leaders attended the dialogue.
Intra-communal conflict is rife in many parts of the young nation, especially in the cattle-keeping communities, with cattle raids often leading to violent conflicts.
According to routine reports, inter-communal violence is rampant in most parts of South Sudan due to lack of an efficient justice system in the young nation.
