SA Deputy President In South Sudan The Deputy President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa is in South Sudan in an effort to seek an end to hostilities in the country.
02 June 2015 South Africa Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. [courtesy]By Jok P Mayom JUBA, 1 June 2015 [Gurtong] - Ramaphosa who is making the visit in his capacity as Special Envoy of President Jacob Zuma to South Sudan was expected in Juba Monday after a visit to neighbouring Kenya. The visit is a follow up of the SPLM Arusha Agreement signed by the SPLM leaders in an effort to re-unite the party members. He was expected to be accompanied by a team of five former SPLM officials who were detained and later released following the conflict.In a statement from his presidency office, Ramaphosa on Sunday 31 May 2015 arrived in Nairobi, Kenya on his first leg of his two-nation’s visit to Nairobi and Juba in South Sudan. He will be in South Sudan until 3 June 2015.“The Deputy President Ramaphosa will be joined by Abdurahman Kinana, the Secretary-General of Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), as a co-guarantor of the SPLM Reunification Agreement,” a statement from his office read. “During his visit to Kenya, Deputy President Ramaphosa is expected among others to meet with President Uhuru Kenyatta, attend Kenya’s Independence Day celebrations before consulting with SPLM’s Former detainee. Deputy President Ramaphosa will then proceed to Juba South Sudan on Monday 01 June 2015 where he will hold meetings with President Salva Kiir and members of the SPLM Politburo,” it added. Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooLqchjc_XVNUAARFHqCz7zRu%2BDC7Foc4PU%3DpdK-k1Tdw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
