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7-754: Wunlit is a village in the Tonj North County of Warrap State , in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan . The village is most widely known for a peace conference held there in 1999. The Wunlit Peace Conference of 1999 was an important part of the People-to-People Peace Process in Southern Sudan. It was facilitated by the New Sudan Council of Churches . The People-to-People Peace Process began in 1998 with

14-807: A series of local conferences; it continued with the Wunlit Conference, which brought together Dinka from Bahr al-Ghazal and Nuer from Western Upper Nile, and a series of subsequent conferences in Akobo , Waat , and Liliir. It culminated in the All Southern Peace conference of 2001, which was held in Kisumu, Kenya . The Wunlit Conference grew out of agreement made in December, 1998, by Dinka and Nuer chiefs in Lokichogio , in northern Kenya, and

21-454: A series of visits to Western Upper Nile by Dinka chiefs in early-1999, and to Thiet by Nuer chiefs in mid-1999. Residents of Wunlit specially constructed a village to accommodate the roughly 1,500 people who took part in the conference. The village consisted of 150 houses and a large meeting hall, which was later used as a school. Residents of the surrounding area also built a 12 kilometer road and an airstrip so that observers and participants in

28-451: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tonj North County Administrative divisions Tonj North was divided into 9 Payams previously before the creation of 32 states but even currently the county has 16 payams. However, when Tonj State was part of 32 states, the former payams of Tonj North were upgraded to County statuses. However, Tonj State government had split Warrap County into Warrap and Awul Counties and Lou Ariik

35-410: The administrative name for this community is called Lou Mawien with its headquarter at Alabek. Lou Mawien Ariik Community which is bordering Mayom County of unity state to the north, Apuk Padoc to the east, Awan Parek to the south, Konggor Community to the west and Gogrial East (Apuk Giir) to the northwest. The Communities that make up the current Tonj North County include the following: Tonj North

42-528: The conference could arrive there. In July 2003, a second meeting, called "Wunlit 2," was held in Wunlit to address cattle raiding being carried out by soldiers. The meeting had roughly one hundred participants and was facilitated by the New Sudan Council of Churches . Participants resolved to establish a series of joint police posts in border areas to monitor cattle raiding and agreed on methods to arbitrate in cattle disputes. This South Sudan location article

49-677: Was further divided into Lou Centre, Lou North and Majak. When President Salva Kiir dissolved the 32 states all the Counties got reduced to Payams. Furthermore, the Governor Aleu Ayieny Aleu of Warrap State has created more payams in Tonj North County Tonj North County is divided into: The dispute over the two names of Alabek and Lou Ariik Payams: Lou Mawien Ariik Community is sometimes called as Lou Ariik Community (or Lou Miwiin) and

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