Category: Press Statements

20170709 Independence Day Message, 9th July 2017

20170709 Independence Day Message, 9th July 2017

Independence Day Message, 9th July 2017

Eleven long years since that day in 2005 when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed in Naivasha, and six cruel years since the dawn of independence broke in South Sudan on 9th July 2011, we should have been celebrating a day of great joy…

20170430 Joint Statement by Opposition Groups on the National Dialogue

20170430 Joint Statement by Opposition Groups on the National Dialogue

….we reiterate that the prerequisite for a meaningful dialogue are:

* An agreement on a political process to bring the war to an end through a roundtableconference to be convened in a neutral
* A negotiated and enforceable permanent ceasefire and cantonment of all thebelligerent forces.
* A genuinely committment to an immediate, full and unconditional deployment ofregional protection forces and the demilitarization of Juba and other major cities.
* The repatriation of refugees and return of IDPs to their houses and communities toenable them participate in the political process,