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 […]