In June, Salva Kiir and Riek Machar striked peace deal in Khartoum. We were hoping this agreement would forge lasting peace in the devastated country, while many people are wondering if the involvement of Sudan is a good sign.
Dr Remember Miamingi writes about the Implications of Khartoum peace ‘kidnapping’:
What is tragic here is that the UN, the US government and international non-governmental organisations have said that the oil sector, which is the central focus of this paragraph, has provided the resources needed to fund the war in South Sudan and nourish the intransigence of the regime in Juba.
On Al-Jazeera website, Ahmed H Adam asks: Why is Omar al-Bashir mediating South Sudan peace talks?:
Bashir has been implementing strategies that helped destabilise South Sudan since the oil-rich country gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. So why did he help broker a ceasefire between Kiir and Machar? And, perhaps most importantly, can such a fragile deal facilitated by a dubious broker lead to sustainable peace?
In the meantime, Sudan Tribune reported that the Security Council on July 13, 2018 narrowly endorsed a resolution imposing an arms embargo on South Sudan until 31 May 2019, a measure that rights groups and the U.S., the penholder on South Sudan called for since two years ago saying it would protect civilians.
Security Council narrowly imposes arms embargo on South Sudanhttps://t.co/9kCl21MEdh pic.twitter.com/HKCJvY5eGJ
— Sudan Tribune (@SudanTribune_EN) July 13, 2018
TRT World published a video of a discussion (watch below): South Sudan’s seven years of independence has been overshadowed by the latest setback to peace talks, trying to end the country’s civil war. The violence has killed tens of thousands of people and devastated the economy. Can Africa’s youngest nation ever find permanent peace?
Matthew LeRiche, Director of the Global Leadership Centre at Ohio University; Peter Biar Ajak, Senior Adviser on the South Sudan team at the International Growth Centre; Aid worker Peter Moszynski and Ahmed Adam, a Sudanese lawyer, scholar and human rights activist.
