By Jino Wilson<\/p>\n
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Women in Budi County of Eastern Equatoria State are expressing outrage over ongoing violence that claims lives of women in the region.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The women presented their dismay during a pre-consultation peace meeting facilitated by Root of Generations.<\/p>\n They recounted the numerous deaths of women and their husbands last year, due to cattle thefts and ambushes.<\/p>\n Susan Nakang, a resident of Farasika Boma, highlighted the plight of orphaned children and women killed while farming, collecting firewood and others, traveling on roads.<\/p>\n “Killing women depletes our population further,” she emphasized.<\/p>\n Mary Namooi, the chairlady of Farasika, denounced the county authorities’ inaction regarding conflicts with neighboring counties.<\/p>\n She attributed the looming hunger crisis in the area to disrupted farming caused by cattle raids.<\/p>\n “We need lasting peace. Women and men have died due to cattle raids and ambushes. These raids are the root of death in our county” she stated.<\/p>\n A youth representative, requesting anonymity, stressed the need for disarmament if communities are not committed to peace.<\/p>\n “For true peace and enjoyment of national benefits, we need total disarmament across the country,” he stated.<\/p>\n In anticipation of a peace dialogue between Ikotos and Budi Counties in mid-February, facilitated by Root of Generations with support from Shejeh Salaam, USIAD funded projects, the two sides express a desire for lasting peace.<\/p>\n “We urge our neighbors from Ikotos to coexist peacefully. We are tired of fighting each other. Enough is enough!” Budi representative said.<\/p>\n Attempts to reach Ikotos County authorities for comment were unsuccessful by press time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Jino Wilson Women in Budi County of Eastern Equatoria State are expressing outrage over ongoing violence that claims lives of women in the region. The women presented their dismay during a pre-consultation peace meeting facilitated by Root of Generations. They recounted the numerous deaths of women and their[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Members-of-Budi-County-communities-during-a-consultative-meeting-on-peace-dialogue-Courtesy-photo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21469,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21467\/revisions\/21469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}