SOUTH SUDAN PEACE MONITORS URGE FLEXIBILITY TO END CONFLICT

Juba: South Sudan’s peace monitors on Thursday called on the South Sudanese warring parties to embrace the spirit of compromise and end the “senseless killings” in the country.

Augostino Njoroge, deputy chairperson at the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), said negotiating parties at the ongoing talks in Sudan and Uganda should endeavor to resolve outstanding issues. “The achievement of peace in South Sudan is a collective process. You must all make the decision that the conflict, and especially the senseless killings, need to stop and say enough is enough,” Mr Njoroge said.

The workshop, themed “Peace in Time: Creating awareness for the Youth on the South Sudan Peace Process,” brought together 200 students from the Youth Peacemaker Network at the Juba-based Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI).

It is critical for all parties to fully abide by the agreements they have signed to date, including the Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities, Protection of Civilians and Humanitarian Access of December 2017 (ACoH). Xinhua