About 70 people have been killed and several others are missing following a deadly clash in a cattle camp in Lakes State.
Youth from Rumbek East and Rumbek Center clashed in an area 40 kilometers from Rumbek town, the UN radio service reported today, saying the fighting lasted up to 9 hours.
Meanwhile, the second phase of a peace campaign in Lakes State is expected to start this week. Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Daniel Deng Bul will lead a delegation of youth and peace campaigners to northern parts of the state.
The campaign launched in January, involves spreading messages of peace in villages and cattle camps. Archbishop Deng Bul says the team will visit areas that were not covered during the first phase of the campaign.
“Well, you know when I went Lakes State last time, there were northern part of one of the counties in Lakes State I did not complete – this is Mapel and another place called Malek Rup. I did not finish those areas so I am thinking of going to visit those areas and talk to the people as I did in Rumbek East and then the Rumbek center and then also in Wolu and also in Cueibet.”