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PEACE & RECONCILIATION

SOUTH SUDAN PEACE INITIATIVE

need to do more if South Sudan is to minimize the rate of security forces should be reviewed; creating clear and unified
violence and conflict in the nascent nation. A well-designed policies which are explained to all members of the uniformed
and well-funded youth engagement programme in skills forces is a key step in changing the culture of impunity and
training, sports, a national youth service and political partici- introducing a new level of discipline into the ranks. Security
pation in the affairs of their nation, should be implemented forces need training not just in the use of the gun and their
to help combat the problems stemming from high youth role in protecting the nation against external enemies and

A female football team in Aweil promoting peace through sports and games in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. [Gurtong | Abraham Agot]

unemployment and lack of economic opportunities for military discipline, but also on the responsibilities that come
the country’s largest population group. Poverty and lack with being a man or woman in uniform and on the moral duty
of prospects for the future generation are strong drivers incumbent upon them as a law enforcement agent.
of violence, and the government must treat them as such. Such a programme is just part of what must be a much broader
Training programmes for men and women who enter the attempt to reform the security sector on a large scale and

54 | Gurtong Focus Monthly February 2013