Month: November 2022

Promote Reconciliation Between Communities for Sustainable Peace

[Agenzia Fides] Juba — The civil war that has lasted for years continues to cause the death of thousands of people, the displacement of different areas and the destruction of infrastructures. Failure to comply with the 2018 peace treaty (see Fides, 6/7/2018) fuels political instability that gives rise to violence and inter-ethnic conflict. Despite the compromise reached in February 2020 between the rival groups led by Salva Kiir, president, and Riek Machar, the country’s first vice president, to date there is neither peace nor s

Immediate Action to Respond to the Suffering of Displaced Persons

[Agenzia Fides] El Obeid — The situation of the internally displaced continues to worsen due to the ongoing conflicts between the Ngok and Twiic Dinka ethnic groups in one of the four counties called Aneet Romamer in the administrative area of Abyei. The bishop of the diocese of El Obeid, Yunan Tombe Trily, has shown his total solidarity with the population that is facing a genuine humanitarian catastrophe. The prelate, who is also president of the Bishops’ Conference of Sudan and South Sudan (SSSCBC), after a pastoral visit to the

UN Peace Chief Roots for Lasting Peace in South Sudan

[VOA] Juba, South Sudan — The United Nations head of peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has wrapped up a visit to South Sudan where he called for greater efforts to stabilize the war-torn country. South Sudan is struggling with the impact of climate change in addition to intercommunal conflicts, all of which have led to a growing need for humanitarian aid.