The national dialogue conference for Greater Equatoria region is expected to take place in mid-August, an official said.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Friday, head of the national dialogues’ sub-committee for Eastern Equatoria, Nartisio Loluke Manir said the regional conference will take place on 19 August in Juba.
He revealed that 216 delegates from 24 counties of the Greater Equatoria region are expected to attend the dialogue conference.
Similar regional conferences were conducted in February and May for the Greater Bahr el Ghazal and Upper Nile regions respectively.
In December 2016, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir launched the national dialogue initiative that seeks to reconcile and unite the East African nation torn apart by more than five years of civil war.