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Date: Jul 23, 2017 20:49
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Donors freeze support for 'obsolete' South Sudan peace deal
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Western donors freeze support for 'obsolete' South Sudan peace deal
JULY 21, 2017 / 6:08 PM
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Western donor nations will commit no further
resources to support implementation of South Sudan's peace deal, until
East Africa's leaders find a credible way of relaunching an agreement
ripped apart by a worsening conflict.
Signed in 2015, the deal collapsed when rebel leader Riek Machar,
appointed First Vice President in a unity government under President
Salva Kiir, fled the country after fighting broke out in the capital
Juba last July.
The government says it is implementing the peace deal after appointing
a replacement for Machar, and the West has stood by it until now.
But the donors from the European Union, the United States, Britain and
Norway said they would offer no further support. They have not
specified how much funding they have been providing.
Parts of the agreement signed between the two men were "obsolete in
light of the expansion of conflict since 2015," they said in a
statement issued late on Thursday.
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 but plunged into
civil war in 2013 after Kiir fired his then deputy Machar.
The war has split the country along ethnic lines, killing tens of
thousands and displacing nearly a quarter of the 12 million-strong
population. Millions face famine.
A national election, which the deal stipulates should take place next
year, would now be an "unnecessary diversion" from ending the war
given the widespread violence, displacement and hunger, the donors
said.
Government spokesman Michael Makuei said the government would
participate in efforts by East African nations to boost the peace
process.
But he refused to commit to including Machar as part of an inclusive
plan that Western nations have called for.
He accused the West of having "unstable opinions" for changing stance
on backing the peace deal and elections.
"This (peace deal) is their child and it is their duty to ensure that
this child survives," he told Reuters. "If they don't want to support,
then let them be quiet."
Senior rebel official Nathaniel Oyet said revitalizing the deal was
the "final opportunity" to save the country from "total
disintegration," and dismissed talk of holding an election.
"War continues unabated in the countryside," he told Reuters. "Where
will the polling stations be? The front lines?"
South Sudan has never held national elections as an independent
nation. In 2015, its parliament postponed them for three years by
amending the constitution to extend Kiir's term and their own.
Editing by Duncan Miriri and John Stonestreet
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southsudan-unrest-idUSKBN1A61XG
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From: "John Ashworth" <ashwor...@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 23, 2017 20:49
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Donors freeze support for 'obsolete' South Sudan peace deal
To: "Group" <sudans-joh...@googlegroups.com>
Cc:
Western donors freeze support for 'obsolete' South Sudan peace deal
JULY 21, 2017 / 6:08 PM
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Western donor nations will commit no further
resources to support implementation of South Sudan's peace deal, until
East Africa's leaders find a credible way of relaunching an agreement
ripped apart by a worsening conflict.
Signed in 2015, the deal collapsed when rebel leader Riek Machar,
appointed First Vice President in a unity government under President
Salva Kiir, fled the country after fighting broke out in the capital
Juba last July.
The government says it is implementing the peace deal after appointing
a replacement for Machar, and the West has stood by it until now.
But the donors from the European Union, the United States, Britain and
Norway said they would offer no further support. They have not
specified how much funding they have been providing.
Parts of the agreement signed between the two men were "obsolete in
light of the expansion of conflict since 2015," they said in a
statement issued late on Thursday.
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 but plunged into
civil war in 2013 after Kiir fired his then deputy Machar.
The war has split the country along ethnic lines, killing tens of
thousands and displacing nearly a quarter of the 12 million-strong
population. Millions face famine.
A national election, which the deal stipulates should take place next
year, would now be an "unnecessary diversion" from ending the war
given the widespread violence, displacement and hunger, the donors
said.
Government spokesman Michael Makuei said the government would
participate in efforts by East African nations to boost the peace
process.
But he refused to commit to including Machar as part of an inclusive
plan that Western nations have called for.
He accused the West of having "unstable opinions" for changing stance
on backing the peace deal and elections.
"This (peace deal) is their child and it is their duty to ensure that
this child survives," he told Reuters. "If they don't want to support,
then let them be quiet."
Senior rebel official Nathaniel Oyet said revitalizing the deal was
the "final opportunity" to save the country from "total
disintegration," and dismissed talk of holding an election.
"War continues unabated in the countryside," he told Reuters. "Where
will the polling stations be? The front lines?"
South Sudan has never held national elections as an independent
nation. In 2015, its parliament postponed them for three years by
amending the constitution to extend Kiir's term and their own.
Editing by Duncan Miriri and John Stonestreet
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southsudan-unrest-idUSKBN1A61XG
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______________________
John Ashworth
ashwor...@gmail.com
+254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile)
+211 919 695 362 (South Sudan mobile)
+44 787 976 8030 (UK mobile)
+88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone)
Skype: jashworth1
PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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