In June 1998, a meeting was held in Lokichoggio, northern Kenya, bringing together influential chiefs and elders from the two communities, the Dinka and Nuer from the west bank of the Nile, along with Church leaders from the area. This was the first time in almost ten years that they had been able to meet, and constituted a first step in building trust, which was to become one of the key elements of the People…
Entries by John Ashworth
This article is an edited version of Chapter 6 of John Ashworth’s book The Voice of the Voiceless: The Role of the Church in the Sudanese Civil War 1983-2005. Download
This article focuses, in particular, on the church’s role as peacebuilder. Long a key player in conflict resolution, both directly at the local level and indirectly at the national and international level, the work of the South Sudanese church also illustrates well what has come to be called “strategic peacebuilding.” Link to publication