South Sudanese rebel leader meets Kenyan president in Nairobi
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June 22, 2015 (NAIROBI) – South Sudan’s former vice-president, turned
armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, has arrived in the Kenyan
capital, Nairobi, and held talks with president Uhuru Kenyatta at the
State House on Monday.
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South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar (L) gives a joint press
statement with Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta in the capital,
Nairobi, on 30 May 2014 (ST)
The leader of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO),
according to his officials, arrived in Nairobi on Saturday from
Johannesburg, South Africa, where he also held talks with a number of
African and world leaders on the sidelines of the last week’s African
Union’s summit of heads of state and government.
“He arrived in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Saturday. On Monday he
met with president Uhuru Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya. The
discussions centred on the South Sudan’s peace process and how best to
achieve it,” Machar’s spokesman, James Gatdet Dak, told Sudan Tribune
when contacted on Monday evening.
President Kenyatta is the rapporteur in the East African regional
bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which is
chaired by the Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn.
Dak said the top armed opposition leader on Monday also had
consultative meetings with senior officials of the movement in Nairobi
on issues of concern in promoting the peace process.
Back in Johannesburg, he said the armed opposition leader had fruitful
engagement with African leaders, adding that he also distributed to
the African Union’s heads of state and government the movement’s
position paper on the peace process.
The rebel leader’s spokesman added that their movement was committed
to the IGAD-led peace process that would now involve a number of
countries and bodies beyond the African continent.
He also said there was need to address the root causes of the conflict
in order to achieve a negotiated meaningful peace agreement that will
ensure no future return to similar differences and crisis in the
country.
(ST)
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23 June 07:08, by Lorolokin
Machar,
South Sudan is too young to be killed as you guys are doing enough
is enough and come back home lets build it instead of destroying.
There is no peace from outside,peace is within if you and Mayardit
sit together. President Kiir is a peace lover but the problem is those
surrounding hynas near him including information minister are the
problem.
We are tire of War ????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
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23 June 07:28, by Mi diit
Lorolokin,
Are you serious or just tired? Salva Kiir will never bring
peace and development. He wasted 10 years as president doing almost
nothing to develop the country. He refused peaceful reforms and
transformation of party and government. He instead started the war to
chase away his political opponents. Even if Dr. Machar and the rest go
back to Juba, Kiir will again refuse democratic changes.
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23 June 07:31, by Mi diit
Talking to Kiir in Juba will not bring peace. The best
approach is to first reach a comprehensive peace agreement in Addis
Ababa and people go back to Juba only to implement it, and not to beg
Salva Kiir to accept reforms and democratic processes. He will never
accept them in Juba. He only thinks that Pagan Amum and the rest of
former detainees are simply surrendering to his authority.
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