By Ijoo Bosco<\/p>\n
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Following a series of deadly raids that claimed nine lives last week, the Toposa and Lopit communities in Eastern Equatoria State have pledged during a dialogue to end all violence and live peacefully.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The two-day peace and reconciliation dialogue organized by local authorities that concluded on Monday in Lohutok Payam brought together hundreds of young people from both communities.<\/p>\n It’s the latest attempt to address longstanding tensions between the Toposa of Kapoeta North and the Lopit.<\/p>\n Paul Ahatar, a youth representative from Lalanga village, emphasized the importance of ending the cycle of violence.<\/p>\n “We agreed that anyone who kills should be punished, and cattle raids must stop,” he said. “We all want peace and unity so that our children can thrive.”<\/p>\n Ahatar also highlighted the need for cooperation on grazing rights.<\/p>\n “We informed the Toposa that Lopit has limited cattle and needs peaceful grazing land,” he explained.<\/p>\n Lokitoe Lokoreae, a Toposa cattle herder and participant in the dialogue, expressed his desire for lasting peace.<\/p>\n “I have forgiven the killings and returned the stolen guns and cattle,” he declared. “We are committed to coexisting peacefully as one people.”<\/p>\n Mathew Oromo, the administrator for Imehejek administrative payam, acknowledged past failures but expressed optimism with this recent peace settlement.<\/p>\n “We’ve resolved to hold another reconciliation conference at Imehejek headquarters,” he said.<\/p>\n Oromo emphasized the importance of following through on these agreements. He urged both communities to track down recent killers and hold them accountable to ensure lasting peace in their region.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Ijoo Bosco Following a series of deadly raids that claimed nine lives last week, the Toposa and Lopit communities in Eastern Equatoria State have pledged during a dialogue to end all violence and live peacefully. The two-day peace and reconciliation dialogue organized by local authorities that concluded on[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-easter-equatoria-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24302","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=24302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24303,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24302\/revisions\/24303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}