By Lodu William Odiya
The Kajo-Keji Community Organization has called on South Sudan and Uganda to peacefully resolve pending border disputes in line with the African Union (AU) Roadmap on border conflict.
According to the press statement seen by this outlet, the organization reiterated that countries continue to experience border disputes due to failure to use the AU roadmap on such issues.
The organized statement followed the attack by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) on a few members of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) in Bori Boma of Kajo-Keji County in Central Equatoria State.
The Community Organization urged both the governments of Uganda and South Sudan to implement the well-laid-down roadmap of the African Union for the peaceful and orderly resolution of border problems among its states.
“This needs to be done immediately, and more so to guarantee the establishment of sustainable peace between and among the communities along the entire length and breadth of the common border,” the statement read.
It underscored the respective communities on both sides of the border, recalling to the mind the fact that since time immemorial, they had always lived together side by side, shared many things together, and also had relatives through intermarriages before the artificially drawn border separated them from each other.