{"id":38010,"date":"2023-06-09T16:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T16:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/lagu-encourages-kiir-to-restore-peace"},"modified":"2023-06-09T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T17:31:58","slug":"lagu-encourages-kiir-to-restore-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/lagu-encourages-kiir-to-restore-peace","title":{"rendered":"Lagu encourages Kiir to restore peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Veteran politician Joseph Lagu has encouraged President Salva Kiir to restore peace and unity across the country.<\/p>\n<p>This came after the president visited the former leader of the Anyanya Movement, at his residence in Juba, on Thursday, June 8.<\/p>\n<p>94-year-old Lagu encouraged Kiir to carry on with the good work of restoring peace and uniting the country.<\/p>\n<p>Lagu, 94, is the father of Josephine Lagu, the minister for agriculture and food security.<\/p>\n<p>Lagu was born in 1929 at Momokwe, Moli, north of Madiland, Eastern Equatoria State, about 80 miles from Juba.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from Omdurman Military College in 1960.<\/p>\n<p>Lagu served as President of the High Executive Council that represented Southern Sudan from 1978 to 1979.<\/p>\n<p>However, he defected from the Sudanese army on June 4, 1963, to participate in the struggle against the Sudanese government with the then-Southern Sudan Resistance Movement.<\/p>\n<p>On August 18, 1955, the first Sudanese civil war broke out, which would later turn out to be the start of the Anyanya movement to fight against the Sudanese government.<\/p>\n<p>In September 1963, Lagu formed the military wing of the movement.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: The City Review South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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