{"id":40594,"date":"2025-10-21T10:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=40594"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:01:24","slug":"ces-governor-calls-for-unity-to-attain-lasting-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/ces-governor-calls-for-unity-to-attain-lasting-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"CES Governor calls for Unity to attain lasting peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Lodu William Odiya<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Central Equatoria state governor Rabi Mujung Emmanuel has called for unity in order to attain total peace in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by the state governor\u2019s press unit, the remark followed a courtesy visit to St. Mathias Church as part of his ongoing church engagements.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e\u200e\u201cTo bring total peace and stability, we should unite because no one from outside will bring peace apart from us\u201d statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor\u2019s visit aimed to connect with believers and share his message of peace, unity, and security across the State.<\/p>\n<p>Mujung highlighted peace, unity, and security as vital pillars for development and urged communities to embrace homegrown peace initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>He urged collective responsibility among the church, citizens, and government in addressing the challenges facing the State.<\/p>\n<p>\u200eIt further underlined that Rt. Rev. Jackson Aripa, Assistant Bishop of Juba Diocese, appreciated the Governor\u2019s visit and reaffirmed the Church\u2019s support to the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor\u2019s continued church visits reflect the State government\u2019s commitment to partnering with faith leaders to promote peace, strengthen trust, and foster unity among citizens\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Peace in South Sudan has always been fragile, marked by cycles of violence and eroded trust. From the eruption of civil war in 2013 to the revitalized peace agreement in 2018, each step toward stability has been hard-fought. Today, the main obstacles to sustainable peace have become more localized with sporadic cattle raiding and gang violence among youth groups.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lodu William Odiya Central Equatoria state governor Rabi Mujung Emmanuel has called for unity in order to attain total peace in the country. In a statement issued by the state governor\u2019s press unit, the remark followed a courtesy visit to St. Mathias Church as part of his ongoing church<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/ces-governor-calls-for-unity-to-attain-lasting-peace\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":40595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juba","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mujung.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40594","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40596,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40594\/revisions\/40596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}