IGAD chief calls for new meeting on peace in South Sudan
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June 2, 2017 (JUBA) - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development
(IGAD), which mediated the 2015 peace agreement, will hold a summit
this month in a new attempt to ensure its implementation and to
address the devastating conflict in South Sudan.
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Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn (Allafrica)
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, in a letter
addressed to President Salva Kiir on 29 May 2017, said the conflict in
the country was still continuing, despite a declaration of ceasefire
and re-invigoration of the national dialogue committee which the
president himself proposed in 2016.
"The escalation of violence and growing hostilities are casting their
shadows on the national dialogue and the Agreement on the Resolution
of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan. this grave situation,
thus, requires us to speak with one voice," wrote Desalegn in a letter
seen by Sudan Tribune.
The summit, according to the letter, will be held in Addis Ababa, on
Monday 12, June 2017.
The eruption of clashes in Juba between the two peace partners in July
2016, followed by a split within the SPLM-IO and the replacement of
Riek Machar by Taban Deng Gai, destroyed the little confidence between
the two parties for the implementation of the peace agreement.
Pointing to the need to reconsider the situation and to find out the
best way to stop the fighting and allow humanitarian access, Prime
Minister Desalegn told President Kiir that the recent unilateral
ceasefire declared by his government "and attempts to reinvigorate the
national dialogue, has not shown any improvement".
"Fighting still continues further worsening the humanitarian
situation," Desalegn further stressed.
However, the invitation letter did not indicate the agenda of the
meeting and how the regional leaders would ensure they forge a common
understanding to speak one voice to end the conflict.
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3 June 05:32, by Kuch
"The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, in a letter
addressed to President Salva Kiir on 29 May 2017"
SUDAN TRIBUNE as always is lying. Where is Mr. Salva Kiir response
to the purported letter from Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn? What everybody
knows these days is: South Sudanese people want peace & our enemy have
taken our country hostage>>>
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3 June 05:47, by Kuch
"The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, in a letter
addressed to President Salva Kiir on 29 May 2017"
SUDAN TRIBUNE as always is lying. Where is Mr. Salva Kiir response
to the purported letter from Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn? What everybody
knows these days is: South Sudanese people want peace & our enemy have
taken our country hostage>>>
repondre message
3 June 06:21, by Tilo
Kuch,
All Enemies of South Sudan is taking advantage of us because
South Sudanese leaders has showed the world that we can not manage to
rule ourselves, shame on us mean while SS has more educated and
competent people who could lead SS to right direction but they were
not given chance
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