Dinka Malual, Reizeigat Committees Review Blood Compensation Accord

Dinka Malual, Reizeigat Committees Review Blood Compensation Accord

By Hou Akot Hou Nyamlel, Northern Bahr el-Ghazal — Peace committees representing the Dinka Malual and Reizeigat communities have agreed to amend the existing blood compensation accord, a customary justice mechanism used to resolve intercommunal killings and maintain peaceful coexistence along the South Sudan–Sudan border. Blood compensation, traditionally settled in cattle, is a long-standing practice in many pastoralist communities to redress w…

Abu Matariq - Darfur 24 Delegations from the Sudanese Rizeigat tribe and the South Sudanese Dinka Malual tribe concluded a conference on peaceful coexistence between the two neighboring tribes on the border of the two countries. The conference was held in the city of Namlel, under the auspices of the State of South Sudan, and attended by the Governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal Province, Obor Ajonga Mawut. The mayor and member of the Rizeigat del…