The Central Equatoria state Islamic Council on Saturday called on the warring parties to silence their guns in accordance with the peace agreement which they signed.
Council chairlady Ibrahim Kwaje urged the South Sudanese to drop their guns and make peace.
“I call on the government of South Sudan to ensure that the guns go silent. We do not need war, so that our children go to school. The future is for our children. If we teach them our country will succeed,” Kwaje said during a workshop organized by Eve Organization to educate Muslim women about the peace agreement. “We say no to war and yes to peace.”
Eve Organization program manager Catherine Pita said there is high need for the messages in the peace agreement to reach the whole country.
She said the ongoing fighting in other parts of the country means people have not heard about the signed agreement. Pita asked the women taking part in the workshop to extend messages of peace.