Posted on 01/23/2014 4:02:14 PM PST by IsraelBeach
South Sudan: Cease-Fire Signed
By South Sudan News Staff
NAIROBI, Kenya — January 23 … The government of South Sudan was pleased to announce that rebels loyal to the country’s ousted former vice president signed a cease-fire agreement today. The cease-fire ends more than a month of fighting that displaced thousands of people.
Under the agreement, signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, both sides in the conflict promised to lay down their weapons. But they have also said that a cessation of hostilities would be a temporary measure, short of a formal peace agreement, and that negotiations would have to continue.
The cease-fire was scheduled to begin 24 hours after the signing.
“We promise total cooperation in the monitoring and verification mechanism that we urge the special envoys to quickly set in motion,” said Nhial Deng Nhial, the head of the South Sudanese government delegation.
And in 24 hours and 1 second, it will be broken.
There are a lot of forces working against them. I hope they succeed in building a stable country.
Cool, another agreement that can be voided by both sides. Which will lead to more fighting. Which will lead to more Peace talks. Which will lead to another agreement.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
For how many millennia have the Moslems been doing this now?
> Under the agreement, signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, both sides in the conflict promised to lay down their weapons. But they have also said that a cessation of hostilities would be a temporary measure, short of a formal peace agreement, and that negotiations would have to continue.
Thanks IsraelBeach.
“For how many millennia have the Moslems been doing this now?”
About 1.4
This is in South Sudan, not Sudan. The contestants are from the Nuer tribe and the Dinka tribe.
The Muslims are in Sudan, to the North, hence the prior conflict for South Sudan’s independence from Sudan.
This is a conflict among non-Muslims.
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