JUBA – President Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Tuesday that his government cannot stop the ongoing deadly armed conflict in Upper Nile state, but said he will instead use what he calls “sustainable” mean to bring peace to the restive part of the world’s youngest country.
Kiir made the remarks during the closing session of the meeting of the National Liberation Council (NLC) of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) faction in Juba where he revealed that there is an ongoing communal fighting in Eastern Nuer.
“There is war in Eastern Nuer in Jakow and there is war in the Chollo Kingdom,” Kiir told the high-level SPLM gathering