Region to be in ‘trouble’ if Juba ‘collapses’
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Region to be in ‘trouble’ if Juba ‘collapses’
Mohamed Alameen | August 18, 2017 | 5:42 pm
Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia | Photo | Geeska Afrika
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia says failure by the leaders to
implement the 2015 peace deal may lead to the collapse of the country
and the region in general.
Earlier this week, the Center for Peace and Development and the
Voluntary Civil Society Task Force said 75 percent of the transitional
period had elapsed without significant achievements.
They said the agreement did not succeed in ending violence, restoring
stability, reforming public institutions and improving the living
conditions of ordinary citizens.
Hailemariam Desalegn, who spoke during his visit to Khartoum on
Wednesday, said any failure by the South Sudan government will impact
on the entire region negatively.
“I hope the leaders will understand that if they don’t implement the
agreement, their country is going to collapse,” Mr. Desalegn stated.
“If that country collapses and fails, then all of us will be in trouble.
“So, we want to avoid the collapse of that country by implementing
that agreement and I hope they will take this seriously.”
Ethiopian government under Prime Minister Desalegn helped mediate the
South Sudan peace deal which was signed in August 2015.
Following the collapse of the permanent ceasefire in July 2016, the
armed conflict expanded across the country and the parties to the
conflict remain unwilling to return to the negotiating table, the US
government said in July.
The consequences have been dire: 2 million people displaced inside
country, nearly two million people displaced as refugees, and six
million people facing life-threatening hunger.
The proliferation of violence, displacement, and food insecurity,
according to a joint statement by EU and Troika member states,
renders any discussion of elections in the foreseeable future as an
unnecessary diversion from the primary goals of achieving peace and
reconciliation.
They called on South Sudan’s leaders, neighbors, and regional and
international partners to first focus on achieving peace in order to
create the conditions needed to hold credible elections.
Mohamed Alameen | August 18, 2017 | 5:42 pm
Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia | Photo | Geeska Afrika
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia says failure by the leaders to
implement the 2015 peace deal may lead to the collapse of the country
and the region in general.
Earlier this week, the Center for Peace and Development and the
Voluntary Civil Society Task Force said 75 percent of the transitional
period had elapsed without significant achievements.
They said the agreement did not succeed in ending violence, restoring
stability, reforming public institutions and improving the living
conditions of ordinary citizens.
Hailemariam Desalegn, who spoke during his visit to Khartoum on
Wednesday, said any failure by the South Sudan government will impact
on the entire region negatively.
“I hope the leaders will understand that if they don’t implement the
agreement, their country is going to collapse,” Mr. Desalegn stated.
“If that country collapses and fails, then all of us will be in trouble.
“So, we want to avoid the collapse of that country by implementing
that agreement and I hope they will take this seriously.”
Ethiopian government under Prime Minister Desalegn helped mediate the
South Sudan peace deal which was signed in August 2015.
Following the collapse of the permanent ceasefire in July 2016, the
armed conflict expanded across the country and the parties to the
conflict remain unwilling to return to the negotiating table, the US
government said in July.
The consequences have been dire: 2 million people displaced inside
country, nearly two million people displaced as refugees, and six
million people facing life-threatening hunger.
The proliferation of violence, displacement, and food insecurity,
according to a joint statement by EU and Troika member states,
renders any discussion of elections in the foreseeable future as an
unnecessary diversion from the primary goals of achieving peace and
reconciliation.
They called on South Sudan’s leaders, neighbors, and regional and
international partners to first focus on achieving peace in order to
create the conditions needed to hold credible elections.
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