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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has asked South Sudan’s parties to nominate a woman as Vice-President according to the revitalized peace proposal. “You are required to maintain 35% of women representation at all levels of government and to appoint a woman as one of the vice presidents,” Workneh Gebeyehu, Chairperson
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Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailermarian Desalegn has advised South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to step down and leave the young generation to take up the position. Desalegn unexpectedly resigned on 15 February 2018, saying he hoped to end years of unrest and political turmoil in his country, after ruling the country
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Members of South Sudan armed opposition faction (SPLA-IO) say they are disturbed by reports surrounding the activities of some members of the council of ministers for the regional bloc (IGAD) in relations to the high level revitalization forum [HLRF) process. The SPLM-IO, in a statement, claimed a member of the IGAD
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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African regional bloc that brokered the South Sudan’s peace pact, has urged the warring parties to respect the ceasefire agreements and report violations to the Ceasefire Transitional Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM). The IGAD council of ministers, in a communiqué of its 61st session on
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South Sudanese Ambassador to Ethiopia James P. Morgan has dismissed reports claiming that his government want to change the venue of the peace revitalization process to another country. Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth and the South Sudanese government chief negotiator Nhial Deng Nhial last week stated they want the IGAD mediated
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South Sudan President Salva Kiir has given out orders instructing joint police units to shoot dead robbers, including those who break into shops at night. President Kiir, who spoke at an official function in Juba on Saturday urged police to provide security and protection to the citizens, saying the job of
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South Sudan president Salva Kiir is expected to attend the upcoming extraordinary summit organised by the intergovernmental authority on development (IGAD), the regional bloc which mediated the 2015 peace agreement to end the devastating conflict in the young nation. A presidential aide said the South Sudan leader would himself attend the
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A prominent member of parliament (MP) and the Dinka Council of Elders (Jieng) Sunday said Ethiopian authorities and the regional bloc of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which brokered the 2015 peace deal, are not neutral for new talks. Aldo Ajou Deng Akuey, chairman of the human rights and constitutional affairs
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President Yoweri Museveni in one of his most radically candid addresses on refugees has told a special IGAD summit on Somalia that refugees are not the problem but the wrong ideology of sectarianism where people are divided along tribal, religious and other grounds is. “Africans are categorized in four linguistic groups
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President Yoweri Museveni has left for Nairobi to attend a special Summit that is bringing together the Heads of State and Government of member countries of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the international community and other stakeholders with the aim of marshaling a comprehensive regional approach to deliver durable
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