South & North: Peace Isn’t On Paper Anymore

In a very positive move, Sudan’s president Omar Hassan El-Bashir has decreed all women, (mostly southern widows) imprisoned for brewing illegal alcohol should be released.

Monday’s decision was a show of good faith between the former north-south foes who are now partners in government after signing a peace deal in 2005 to end Africa’s longest civil war, which claimed 2 million lives.

I personally don’t drink and don’t plan to until I’m 6 feet under. However if the southern Christians want to drink alcohol, then they should be able to without fear of getting punished. It’s their right. Sharia law shouldn’t be imposed on them. Numerous recent events such as this one prove that relations between the south and the north are moving in a very good direction. I’m glad to see that. I just hope the same can happen with Darfur. If we can have peace with the southerners after a long and bloody 20 years civil war which claimed many people’s lives including some of my family members, we can hopefully and eventually also have peace in the west. Most importantly though, after peace is secured, corruption MUST be eliminated or more wars will just keep coming.