Civil society complain of being excluded from the peace deliberations in Khartoum

South Sudanese civil society leaders complain of being excluded from direct participation in the peace talks in Khartoum, Sudan

Saturday, June 30, 2018 (PW) — The peace talks is going on well in Khartoum. Currently the parties are dicussing secuirty arrangement outstanding issues. The methodology of Sudan mediation of HLRF is totally different from the past experiences in Addis Ababa.

Mr. Edmund Yakani Executive Director of CEPO says today we the delegates/represntaives of civil society, women, business community and faith based group are totally isolated or rejected from attending or participating in the deliberations on the secuirty arrangement outstanding issues.

CEPO: Warring parties must comply with the provisions of the permanent ceasefire

Saturday, June 30, 2018 (PW) — The President of Republic of South Sudan H.E. Salva Kiir and Dr. Riek Machar leader of SPLM/A-IO today declared permanent ceasefire.

They ordered their forces to observe the provisions of the permanent ceasefire they signed dated 27th June 2018 in Sudan-Khartoum under the Khartoum Declaration of Agreement between the parties in Conflict of South Sudan. The permanent ceasefire commenced on 30th June, 2018.