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Civil society organizations are expected to establish a lobby group to work with the Transitional Parliament.

Civil society organizations are expected to establish a lobby group to work with the Transitional Parliament. Edmond Yakani says the country need some few parliamentarians to join the civil society to drive the culture of good governance to realize home-grown solution, Radio Bakhita reports... (more)

Launching ‪#‎defyhatenow‬ website at the peace /diaspora roundtable and strategic forum in Nairobi today! ‪#‎SouthSudan‬

Community Empowerment for Progress Organization and the r0g_Agency for Opern Culture and Critical Transformation have launched the #defyhatenow website during the Peace/Disapora Roundtable & Strategic forum on mobilising civic action against hate speech and directed social media incitement to... (more)

#defyhatenow Strategic forum on countering online hate speech

Nairobi, July 22nd 2016, Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) and the r0g Agency for Open Culture and Critical Transformation will tomorrow host a strategic forum on countering online hate speech and mitigating incitement to violence in South Sudan. The event will take... (more)

#defyhatenow combating social media hate speech and online incitement to violence

Civil society activists in Juba have once again come together to fight back against hatred in a nationwide campaign, designed to promote peace. An initiative under the title, hash tag defies hate – #defyhatenow mounted last month has been accelerated and the programs director, James Bidal,... (more)