Political Transition: South Sudan's President Kiir Offers To Mediate In Sudan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 18, 2019
The South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has offered to mediate in the ongoing political transition in Sudan after last week’s fall of Omar al-Bashir.
Kiir’s office said he was ready to support the democratic aspirations of his former adversary in Khartoum and help bring about a peaceful transition.
South Sudan’s official said he traveled to Khartoum to meet the new leadership, alongside a high-level delegation that included Juba’s security service chief and a presidential adviser on security.
Kiir’s move comes seven months after Bashir helped mediate a shaky peace deal between Kiir and the main opposition rebel group in South Sudan, which won independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of conflict.