S/SUDAN: Rebel Group Says No Return To War Amid Fears Of Peace Collapse - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 29, 2019
SouthSudan’s main rebel group, Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in Opposition(SPLA-IO), said on Monday that they have no intention to return to war amidfears that a fragile 2018 peace deal could unravel.
DeputyMilitary spokesman, Lam Gabriel, said this on Monday in Juba.
Gabrielsaid the group was committed to the peace agreement and is open for talks withthe government to address issues of security arrangements before the formationof a unity government in May.
SouthSudan descended into civil war in late 2013 and the conflict has created one ofthe fastest growing refugee crises in the world.
TheUN estimates that about four million South Sudanese have been displacedinternally and externally.
Apeace deal signed in August 2015 collapsed, following renewed violence in thecapital, Juba in July 2016.
Underthe 2018 peace deal, opposition leader, Riek Machar, will once again bereinstated as President Salva Kiir’s deputy.
Butthere are concerns that the shaky peace deal may fail again over delays inimplementing key provisions of the accord.