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[image: JPEG - 14.6 kb]*Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn (C), South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir (L) and South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar (R) attend a meeting on 3 March 2015 in Addis Ababa (Photo: AFP/Zacharias Abubeker)* The two warring factions, the South Sudanese government and the armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, are given till 17 August deadline to reach a final peace deal. However observers are sceptical that the two sides would reach a comprehensive peace agreement by then, citing to a number of cease fire agreements previously signed but they failed to honour them. While president Salva Kiir’s government had indicated it rejected the proposal from the IGAD-Plus mediation, the rebels under the leadership of former vice president, Riek Machar, said they would accept the peace proposal if their amendments were incorporated. “Yes, we accept the IGAD-Plus peace proposal, but with some amendments. We will be ready to sign the peace agreement by August 17 if such amendments will be incorporated into the text,” revealed Machar’s spokesman, James Gatdet Dak, when contacted by Sudan Tribune on phone, Thursday. He said the amendments drawn from resolutions of this week’s three-day leadership consultative meeting in the opposition’s general headquarters in Pagak, South Sudan, were touching across all areas of governance, security arrangements, wealth and power sharing as well as compensation, reparation, justice and reconciliation. If South Sudan’s warring leaders failed to bridge differences and reach an agreement by 17 August, the international community will impose sanctions including economic and arms embargo. The conflict which erupted on December 2013 has killed tens of thousands and displaced over two million people. . The last round of talks failed earlier in March when the two sides failed to agree on a number of outstanding issues particularly on a power sharing deal. Regional mediators are urging the two sides to make a breakthrough in what is said would be the last round of negotiations. “Making peace or war are choices we can make,” IGAD lead mediator Seyoum Mesfin said during the opening of the fresh talks on Thursday, adding “War has horrid consequences while peacemaking is equally, immensely difficult.” “A perfect solution to a problem like that of the ongoing crisis in South Sudan is impossible to achieve,” he observed, but however stressing that compromise solutions for South Sudan were reachable. IGAD has recently come up with a new power sharing formula including over 30 month-long interim government that would allow president Salva Kiir to remain in power but gives a larger state executive and parliamentary seats in the oil-rich great Upper Nile region to former vice president, Riek Machar-led opposition group. The current peace talks are being held under a new IGAD-Plus peace initiative which incorporates the IGAD, AU, the United States and its troika partners, the United Kingdom and Norway; the European Union, the United Nations, China as well as five African nations. Lead negotiators of the two sides have on Thursday traded accusations over commitment to peace, hinting no sign to bridge their differences. Meanwhile South Sudanese residing in Addis Ababa said they will stage demonstrations to press the two conflicting sides reach a peace agreement. Organizer of the rally, John Jak Deang, told Sudan Tribune that they will stage two rallies, one in the middle of the talks and another on the 16 August, a day ahead of the deadline set for two sides to reach agreement. John said the rally will be held at the venue where talks restarted and outside the African Union gate. Similar rallies in support of a peace agreement were conducted on Thursday in the national capital, Juba, by members of the Gawaar-Nuer community residing in the civilian protection site of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The protesters urged the warring parties to accept the IGAD-Plus peace proposal and sign a final peace agreement by the 17 August deadline. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence - No inappropriate or offensive language - No racism, tribalism or sectarianism - No inappropriate or derogatory remarks - No deviation from the topic of the article - No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible comments Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55957#forum> - 7 August 09:45, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam No peace when there are two armies and two commanders-in-c. in the country . IGAD-Plus, bad peace proposal is putting Riek in risk life if the withdraw. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55957&id_forum=337102> - 7 August 10:54, by Ayuen deng The real peace will come when those proposals are thrown out of talk and IO agree to come to back home and resume thier previous position and ranks in the Government. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55957&id_forum=337107> - 7 August 10:13, by Thondet Manyang Do we need a signed peace or real peace? I believe peace that can not remain in papers.I really acknowledge that Riek is Dr. since he keeps on confusing Nuers and comes back for his full plate. He has killed Nuers enough and they will realize this after long run since the assume that they are only warriors on the planet earth. Eduction matters a lot. Those that are dying today are not educated. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55957&id_forum=337103> - 7 August 10:20, by Thondet Manyang If Riek becomes president today, do you think he will employ all Nuers or you think he can kill all Dinkas remaining only Nuers in SS? Do you think all Nuers become army captians/Generels? Do you think all Nuers can be only Ministers in National gov’nt? Do you think he can ditribute free money to Nuers? You Nuer wake up please. I know they will continue dying n poor like other states. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55957&id_forum=337104> - 7 August 10:31, by Thondet Manyang Why allowing Riek fool you? You are completely behind in education and analysis. Becoming president is a personal’s contract and achievement. Look at Warrap state it is undevelped and Kiir is the president. I really regret young Nuers recruited forcefully to fight unknown wars in Upper Nile just for the "Dinka" name. It is too stupid guys. Why Riek protects himself using others’soul? repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55957&id_forum=337106> - 7 August 17:15, by Hardlinner i’m sick of foolish nuers always rebelling. why can’t analyse be4 rebelling. if need be, give those mad nuer their own country specially lou nuer. why always choose war over peace. your foolish riek is not the only educate nuer around. all people in south sudan including most dinka do not approve of kiir performance but there r peaceful ways of ridding kiir without war. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55957&id_forum=337121> - 7 August 18:02, by Mayok You killed innocent nuers, in cold blood and you an expected their sons and daughters to remain silent, while you dinka were busy killing and looting their properties. My friend, don’t let your greedy heartless to dragging you to the wrong way. How do you feel if I killed your parents? You start this war, but we are defending ourselves from evil like you. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55957&id_forum=337122> - 7 August 14:33, by BM-21 My message to IGADs plus the peace you are intended to South Sudan is not a solution or you did not solved the problem, because two armies in one state is not fair and it is like you you go and kill your self/ves again. rethink back again in ur decision. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55957&id_forum=337114> - 7 August 17:04, by Hardlinner Here is plan B president kiir. all dinka counties in upper nile, jonglei and unity states should be curve out of current states. that is the best way to deal with that 53% quotas given to opposition. there is no way we can leave dinka in greater upper nile to be rule by riek and his murderers. just tell those IGAD puppets your proposal. paloich is dinka land must be place under dinkas states. -- 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. 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