By Hou Akot Hou<\/p>\n
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Peace representatives from the Sudan Arab nomad Rezigat community have refused blood money compensation following the death of an Arab man near the South Sudan-Sudan border in April.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n South Sudanese peace committee secretary Majok Dengdit, stationed in Gok-Machar, said they attempted to offer South Sudanese Pounds worth 25 cows (over 5 million SSP) to the victim’s family.<\/p>\n However, the Rezigat representatives rejected the cash, stating they preferred a different form of compensation.<\/p>\n Dengdit expressed concern over the refusal, as local accords traditionally dictate monetary compensation for such cases.<\/p>\n “Our agreements say blood compensation should be in cash,” Dengdit explained. “This refusal raises questions about their motives.”<\/p>\n He cautioned against violating the peace agreements, despite occasional breaches by “unscrupulous people” along the border.<\/p>\n Background on Local Accords<\/strong><\/p>\n The Dinka Malual, Rezigat, and Misseriya communities have established long-standing local agreements regarding cattle migrations southward.<\/p>\n These agreements aim to prevent violence like the recent border incident that left one Sudanese nomad dead allegedly killed by a South Sudanese People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) soldier.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hou Akot Hou Peace representatives from the Sudan Arab nomad Rezigat community have refused blood money compensation following the death of an Arab man near the South Sudan-Sudan border in April. South Sudanese peace committee secretary Majok Dengdit, stationed in Gok-Machar, said they attempted to offer South Sudanese[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abyei-administrative-area","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sudanese-Arab-nomad-during-a-cross-border-peace-conference-copy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24956","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=24956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24958,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24956\/revisions\/24958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}