Kiir Orders For Cessation Of Hostilities Between SPLA And SPLA-IO The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit today issued a presidential order for the declaration of cessation of hostilities between the Sudan people’s Liberation Army and the Sudan people’s Liberation Army in Opposition. 11 July 2016 [image: Kiir Orders For Cessation Of Hostilities Between SPLA And SPLA-IO] President Salva Kiir Mayardit[File photo]
By Margaret Lole * JUBA, 11 July 2016 [Gurtong]*-According to the order, commanders of the two forces have been directed to control their forces and ensure protection of any ethnic group that may be targeted by some elements within their forces and any SPLA-IO who surrenders to the SPLA must be protected. It further continues to say all commanders deployed at checkpoints within Juba city shall reduce and limit such check points to only essential and important installations and institutions. The U.N. Security Council has called on leaders in South Sudan to control their rival forces, and warned that on-going attacks on civilians and U.N. facilities may constitute war crimes. The 5 day fighting between government and the opposition forces has killed more than 250 people, majority are soldiers. Michael Makuei Lueth, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Official spokesperson of the government, said the situation is now calm in Juba, as the anti-peace elements were dislodged from the city centre and are being dissuaded from continuing to harm innocent civilians in residential areas. Meanwhile, Hon. Taban Deng Gai of the SPLM/A-IO met Kiir on Sunday, to discuss and agree necessary steps to restore peace. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> - See more at: http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/19615/Default.aspx#sthash.bPHaJ3Sn.dpuf -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oozyaJ-KFpX2hG2eG64L69wDz7bScZXZM9Vpg6NGCBBzw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
