South Sudan: WES’s Mvolo and Lake’s state Yirol West reconciliation
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September 19, 2011 (JUBA) - The communities of Yirol West county,
Lakes state and Mvolo county, Western Equatoria state signed a
memorandum of understanding in Mopourdit payam [district] on the 17
September 2011 after a two-day reconciliation conference facilitated
by the Mundri Relief Development Association (MRDA).
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WES deputy governor Sapana [C], Lakes speaker of assembly John [R],
and WES speaker, Bukulu [L] upon arrival in Mopourdit, September 15,
2011 (ST)
Over 400 participants from both states converged in Mapourdit, Yirol
West to resolve the conflict between the two communities which has
been escalating over the past five years, leading to a significant
loss of life and thousands of displaced people.
The two communities agreed that there shall be “free movement of
people between the two states and the tribal conflict be stopped with
effect from 17 September 2011”.
Based upon the ongoing disarmament the two parties agreed that “cattle
movements from Lakes into Western Equatoria and vice versa are
restricted and cattle traders between Lakes and WES obtain legal
documents from county commissioner or payam [district] administrator
indicating the number of cattle to be traded.”
They also signed memos encouraging a spirit of peaceful coexistence
and promoting environmental conservation.
During his closing remarks, Daniel Ayual, the deputy governor of Lakes
state who headed the delegation to the conference hailed the efforts
of the two states and MRDA to ensure that peace and unity are restored
between the two commissioners.
He said security remains a stumbling block to development and urged
authorities attending the conference to work together in the
disarmament exercise.
Tthe deputy governor of Western Equatoria state, Sapana Abuyi said
that the communities have close ties and that “they were here from the
beginning and will continue and that is their life, they must have
reconcile and forget the past.”
He said progress on the issue needed acceptance that there is a problem.
Rebecca Agak, a resident of Yirol West attributed the conflict to
people from the Dinka Agar community in Rumbek East county stealing
cattle from Mvolo county but was hopeful that there would be peace
between the them and the Jur ethnic group.
Jacob Achom, a resident of Mvolo, suggested that if the arms in the
region are collected, peace can prevail.
Early July the president of the South Sudan, Salva Kiir formed a
community to look into the causes of the conflict.
MRDA and the Nonviolent Peaceforce stepped in to face the challenge of
mediating between the two conflicting communities in order to restore
peace and unity.
(ST)
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