The Great South Sudan Run is due to be held in Wau, the capital of Western Bahr el-Ghazal State on January 2022, the executive committee has said. This comes after the executive body met with Governor Sarah Cleto Rial on Thursday at the state coordination office in Juba to review the event’s preparations. Joseph Willaim Lado, the acting spokeswoman for the Great South Sudan Run said the participants would be from Greater Bahr el-Ghazal region, Abyei, and Ruweng Administrative Areas.

“We are here as the Great South Sudan Run executive body announcing to the public that this event will be in Wau on January 29, 2022, but the awaiting biggest one which is usually annually done will be in Juba in the first week of April,” he said. Lado said the purpose of organizing the event was to promote unity and peace among South Sudanese communities by bringing people from different states together.

“With the great South Sudan Run, we would see different champions coming from different areas and if there are those who are coming from other states they are also welcome because we want to make the event colourful and bring together people to leave and be in unity,” he stressed.