AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - President Kiir meets bishops: "There is hope for peace"

Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There is hope for peace in South Sudan. This was announced by President Salva Kiir Mayardit during a meeting with a delegation of the country's bishops, which took place yesterday, November 25, at the end of the celebrations of the Eucharistic Congress and the 50th anniversary of the Catholic Church in South Sudan and Sudan.
"We know that the President is a man of peace and he informed us about the 'Tumaini' peace initiative," said the Archbishop of Juba, Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla. "He reiterated that the government delegation is now ready to travel to Nairobi to negotiate in order to achieve lasting peace in the country". The Tumaini Peace Initiative is a memorandum of understanding signed by the transitional government and the South Sudan Opposition Movement Alliance (SSOMA). These agreements stipulated that general elections would be held this year, but have been postponed to February 2027. At the end of its plenary assembly, the Bishops' Conference of Sudan and South Sudan expressed its concern about the progress of the peace process in South Sudan (see Fides, 22/11/2024).
In a meeting with the bishops, President Kiir addressed their concerns and assured them that he would work for peace in South Sudan. The President and the bishops also addressed the crisis in neighboring Sudan, where the conflict between the warring parties has caused enormous human and material damage. Both President Kiir and the Catholic bishops called on the warring parties in Sudan to end the conflict and work towards a lasting peace. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides, 26/11/2024)

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