South Sudan's six-month-old peace deal is doomed to collapse unless the sid...
NAIROBI - South Sudan’s six-month-old peace deal is doomed to collapse unless the sides can settle a string of disputes and bring former rebels into the army before the formation of a new government in May, a think-tank said on Wednesday.
About 400,000 people have been killed, and more than a third of the country’s 12 million people uprooted by the five-year civil war - a conflict punctuated by multiple rounds of mediation followed by renewed bloodshed. “The peace agreement is stalling and is at risk of collapse if more political deals aren’t struck,” said Alan Boswell, the group’s South Sudan analyst. There was no immediate comment from the government or Machar’s supporters.
Fighting has continued in the southern Equatoria region between the army and a rebel force led by former deputy army chief Thomas Cirillo, who refused to sign the September deal.
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