Church Launches Peace, Justice Conference in Wau

WAU - St. Mary Cathedral Diocese of Wau has announced on Sunday that it’s Peace and Justice Committee will hold peace and justice conference on 18th of February,2012 as a process to build peaceful coexistence among South Sudanese in the state.The theme of the conference is “bring up young children in peace and justice” because the country will not be stable if peace and justice in all spheres of society is not encouraged and therefore it is our responsibility as church peace and justice committee to help our government in outreaching the masses with reconciliatory messages, said Natalia Andrew of the committee in Western Bahr El Ghazal State at St. Mary Catholic Church.She called upon youth in the State to turn up during the conference, pointing that the subject matter of this conference is youth orientation in which they should be taught on how peaceful coexistence will contribute to prosperous future after the country attained its historic independence.South Sudan is facing inter-tribal conflicts which are worst in Jonglei , Warrap and Lakes States of which churches try all relentless effort to ensure that peace is achieved in the country by creating mutual understanding among warring communities.The people of Western Bahr El Ghazal State are peace loving citizens and with that we want them to continue doing that in order to be exemplary among other South Sudanese people, said Deng Lino a youth who welcomes the church initiative to hold peace and justice conference. South Sudan has suffered in the sphere of life, political, social and economic sectors therefore as a free nation we want to believe in ourselves and doing what will be good to our nation in order to avoid bad name of being a failed state, he added.Lino condemned inter-tribal fighting in South Sudan and pointed that these are sort of ugly activities which are triggered by what he called “unscrupulous leaders” who seek scapegoats for their failures and gross incompetence by stirring up tribal hatred among innocent people.He urged fellow youth that they should not be used by politicians and South Sudanese enemies to realize their responsibilities and work for national unity through holding politicians accountable for their failure.