Rights body calls for new approach to S. Sudan peace
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Elisabeth Janaina
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Rights body calls for new approach to S. Sudan peace
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July 2, 2017 (JUBA) – The Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ) in South
Sudan has urged the African Union and regional leaders to adopt a new
approach aimed at finding solutions to the conflict in war-torn South
Sudan.
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L) listens to SPLM-IO Chairman Riek
Machar in a meeting held in Masindi town, on January 25, 2016
(courtesy photo of SPLM-IO)
The coordinator for CPJ, Tito Anthony, expressed support for the
revitalization of the 2015 peace agreement, stressing that the
initiative would pave way for peace and stability in the country.
“CPJ has welcomed East African leaders’ decision to convene a
high-level revitalization forum to discuss concrete measures to
restore a permanent ceasefire and achieve full peace implementation in
South Sudan,” Tito told Sudan Tribune Sunday.
He also urged leaders to use their powers by making sure guns are
silent in South Sudan and to end the bloodshed in the country.
According to Tito, the national dialogue initiative launched by
President Salva Kiir could have repercussions if it excludes other
opposition parties involved in South Sudan’s ongoing conflict.
“What the country needs now is to stop the ongoing war. It has
displaced million internally, and two million fled the country to seek
safety as refugees in the neighboring countries such as Sudan, Uganda,
Kenya, Ethiopia, and DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo],” stressed the
CPJ coordinator.
“Any attempt to exclude any of the armed opposition [factions] will
again take the country back to war and citizen to suffering and
continuation of hunger, famine and worsening the humanitarian
situation nationwide,” he added.
Over a million people have fled the world’s youngest nation since
conflict erupted in late 2013 when Kiir sacked Riek Machar from the
vice-presidency.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and nearly two million
displaced in South Sudan’s worst ever violence since it seceded from
neighbouring Sudan in 2011.
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July 2, 2017 (JUBA) – The Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ) in South
Sudan has urged the African Union and regional leaders to adopt a new
approach aimed at finding solutions to the conflict in war-torn South
Sudan.
JPEG - 42.1 kb
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L) listens to SPLM-IO Chairman Riek
Machar in a meeting held in Masindi town, on January 25, 2016
(courtesy photo of SPLM-IO)
The coordinator for CPJ, Tito Anthony, expressed support for the
revitalization of the 2015 peace agreement, stressing that the
initiative would pave way for peace and stability in the country.
“CPJ has welcomed East African leaders’ decision to convene a
high-level revitalization forum to discuss concrete measures to
restore a permanent ceasefire and achieve full peace implementation in
South Sudan,” Tito told Sudan Tribune Sunday.
He also urged leaders to use their powers by making sure guns are
silent in South Sudan and to end the bloodshed in the country.
According to Tito, the national dialogue initiative launched by
President Salva Kiir could have repercussions if it excludes other
opposition parties involved in South Sudan’s ongoing conflict.
“What the country needs now is to stop the ongoing war. It has
displaced million internally, and two million fled the country to seek
safety as refugees in the neighboring countries such as Sudan, Uganda,
Kenya, Ethiopia, and DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo],” stressed the
CPJ coordinator.
“Any attempt to exclude any of the armed opposition [factions] will
again take the country back to war and citizen to suffering and
continuation of hunger, famine and worsening the humanitarian
situation nationwide,” he added.
Over a million people have fled the world’s youngest nation since
conflict erupted in late 2013 when Kiir sacked Riek Machar from the
vice-presidency.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and nearly two million
displaced in South Sudan’s worst ever violence since it seceded from
neighbouring Sudan in 2011.
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