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Lou Nuer people agree peace covenant

    NAIROBI

    The Lou Nuer, from areas wracked by conflict between rival militia groups in and around Waat, Akobo, Yuai and Langkein in Upper Nile, have concluded a six-month initiative by reconciling at a peace and governance conference in Waat, the New Sudan Council of Churches reported on Friday. A “people-to-people peace process” started in June brought together military, political and community leaders to agree the Waat Lou Nuer Covenant, signed on 6 November. The document pledged peace among the Lou and the formation of a Peace and Governance Council to rebuild civil administration, establish a police system and revive the traditional court system of chiefs. The conflict in the area has caused the collapse of civil government and withdrawal of almost all humanitarian agencies, it added.

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