Les forces gouvernementales fidèles au président Salva Kiir y affrontent les rebelles. Jok says the tensions began when Machar started envisioning himself as a more fitting leader in what was then the semi-autonomous region of southern Sudan. "And, I think there is at least some of that underway now in South Sudan." The President also appointed the Steering committee to facilitate this process of credible personalities and consensus builders to Both are former rebel leaders who rose to power during Sudan's 1983-2005 civil war between north and south, after which South Sudan seceded in 2011 to … Dr Machar said, by clinging onto these administrative areas, Kiir was opening a “Pandora’s box.” Civil war erupted in December 2013 after Kiir accused troops loyal to Machar of staging a failed coup. Support Eye Radio, the first independent radio broadcaster of news, information & entertainment in South Sudan. We believe that the most patriotic thing for them to do is to prepare for their exit from politics with the honor, dignity, and legacy of having been the founding fathers of the independent nation of South Sudan.”. Salva Kiir Mayardit, also known as Salva Kiir, is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. For the National Dialogue process to fulfill its objectives President Kiir issued 12 objectives. Riek Machar.....respect the agreement please! President Salva Kiir, opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar, and the leader of the National Democratic Movement Dr. Lam Akol have separately sent their condolences to the family of the former South Sudan Ambassador to Russia, Telar Ring Deng. All rights reserved. President kiir.....I don’t care. But the government's unity attempt has faltered. Kiir and Machar are also yet to agree on who administers three controversial areas of Pibor, Ruweng and Abyei created by the president of the country ravaged by war since 2013. It also says it should agree on steps and guarantees to ensure safe, free, fair and peaceful elections and post-transition; agree on a strategy to return internally displaced persons and refugees to their homes, and develop a long-term framework for national peace, healing, and reconciliation. President Salva Kiir (R) and Riek Machar (L). People want both President Salva Kiir and Dr. Riek Machar to step down for the country to have a successful transition, the National Dialogue report has recommended. Soliman says South Sudan's leadership is also beginning to feel the pressures of generational change, which may include moving away from the military-style leaders who ushered the nation into existence. Both are former rebel leaders who rose to power during Sudan's 1983-2005 civil war between north and south, after which South Sudan seceded in 2011 to … Further, they say if the two leaders decide to stay on until the end of the Transitional Period, the unity government should be dissolved three months before the next elections. The final national dialogue report was released this week a month after the national conference was held in Juba in October. Chapter Five of the 2018 peace deal signed by Kiir, Machar and other parties calls for healing and reconciliation, besides establishment of a hybrid court to try war crimes committed during the more than six years of conflict that broke out on Dec. 15, 2013. On Thursday, Kiir's office announced that leadership of six of the 10 states would go to Kiir's side, three would go to Machar's side and one would go to an alliance aligned with neither Kiir nor Machar. Salva Kiir (L), President of South Sudan, and Riek Machar (R), SPLM Opposition leader, hold the hands of two clergymen during the opening prayer of the press conference of the signing of Cessation of Hostilities over the war in South Sudan on May 9, 2014 in Addis Ababa. A face-to-face meeting between South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and opposition leader Dr Riek Machar has been adjourned, Chimp Corps report. Le président du Soudan du Sud, Salva Kiir et le chef de l'opposition, le Riek Machar, se sont rencontrés le 11 septembre 2019 à Juba. A 2015 peace deal brought Machar back as vice president and he returned to Juba with heavy security. President Salva Kiir wants Dr. Riek Machar to sign an agreement –similar to an affidavit– that will make Machar answerable to any undesirable incident that may arise when Johnson Olony is appointed governor of Upper Nile state. Machar, at one point, moved out of the Sudan People's Liberation Army. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and arch-rival Riek Machar, his sacked vice-president, have spent the past 20 months locked in combat. The President gave the Steering Committee the power to take any additional steps to ensure the inclusivity and credibility of the Kiir: 'I and Machar have forgiven each other' Kiir made the comments while addressing a jubilant crowd during the peace celebration in the capital Juba on Wednesday. Small talk between President kiir and Riek Machar. facilitate the process and to develop the agenda of the dialogue. Kiir and Machar are required to have agreed on a unity government by that time. The President’s stated objectives for the National Dialogue were to end violent conflicts; reconstitute political consensus; save the Copyright 2021. According to the National Dialogue Steering Committee, the transitional period under the revitalized peace agreement is not succeeding. They include; End political and communal violence in the country; recommend how to properly transform the military; redefine and re-establish stronger national unity; restructure the state, and renew social contract between the citizens and their government. He is also the head of the rebel faction known as SPLM-IOthat was founded in 2014 following the 2013 war outbreak and has been historically in opposition to Kiir. The peace deal was signed two years ago but not much has been accomplished. President Salva Kiir and his first deputy Riek Machar have asked ministers to fight corruption as they rollout government programs. The leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), former Vice President Riek Machar, arrived in Juba on September 9, 2019 to meet with President Salva Kiir in an attempt to work out outstanding issues inhibiting the implementation of the September 2018 peace agreement known as the revitalized agreement on the resolution of the conflict in South Sudan … He says the deputy would attempt to undermine Kiir. country from disintegration and foreign intervention; and usher in a new era of peace, security, stability, and prosperity. Riek Machar continue de refuser d'intégrer le futur gouvernement, exigeant des mesures de confiance supplémentaires. South Sudan President Salva Kiir and SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar Teny [Photo via Getty Images] KHARTOUM – South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and his first deputy, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, will both arrive in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday morning to attend the Sudanese peace celebration, presidential security advisor Tutkew Gatluak said. Akshaya Kumar is a South Sudan policy analyst with the Enough Project, a group that fights to end genocide and crimes against humanity. Machar is in Juba for a visit to hold talks with Kiir as both leaders seek to end the bottlenecks over the number of states and security arrangements impede the formation of coalition government. The East African (Nairobi) By Fred Oluoch. Ce fut leur deuxième rencontre en face à face. Machar hugging Kiir at State House. Forces loyal to Machar were blamed for a 1991 massacre of ethnic Dinkas in the town of Bor. “The report after the discussion was rejected by the members of the steering committee who are actually members of the SPLM party,” said Chan Dhel. A 2015 peace deal brought Machar back as vice president and he returned to Juba amid heavy security. On July 23, 2016, less than two weeks after Kiir and Machar declared ceasefires to end the fighting in Juba, Kiir appointed then-Minister of Mining Taban Deng Gai, the former lead opposition negotiator in the peace talks, to replace Machar as First Vice President. However, Eye Radio was not immediately able to get a response from the Office of the President as the known phone number of the press secretary was not reachable. Both are former rebel leaders who rose to power during Sudan's 1983-2005 civil war between north and south, after which South Sudan seceded in 2011 to form the world's youngest country. The much-publicised return to the capital of Riek Machar, former rebel and South Sudan’s first vice president, should symbolise a positive, working relationship with his rival, President Salva Kiir. So in the end, they rejected this final report which is on social media now so it is not going to be given to the president.”. "The ministry of defense has this declaration of ceasefire by the Sudan People Liberation Army towards forces of David Yau Yau following the progress of negotiations that have been on-going for the last three months," South Sudanese Army spokesman Philip Aguer said…. https://eyeradio.org/people-want-kiir-machar-to-step-aside-nd-report The three leaders have described Amb Telar as a “liberator.” Telar who was also the former South […] "President Kiir had been accused extensively by a number of people that he fired back in July, including the former vice president, that he had been heavy-handed and undemocratic and developing dictatorial tendencies," he said. The report says one of the options is to consider the stepping down of the two leaders immediately — if it is acceptable to the people and both leaders. He added that the national dialogue’s final report will not be given to the president. On VOA's Press Conference USA John Campbell, who is a veteran U.S. diplomat who is now at the Council on Foreign Relations, said it appears individual agendas have replaced unity. Machar who leads the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In-Opposition (SPLM-IO) which is in a power-sharing arrangement with President Salva Kiir’s SPLM said the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) will soon start the … The two disagree over who will run South Sudan's states and how to integrate different fighting forces. June 17, 2020 (JUBA) - President Salva Kiir and his first deputy Riek Machar Wednesday have stuck a deal on the allocation of the 10 states in South Sudan ending a three-month stalemate. Unity refinery to start production next year — Nilepet, South Sudan adopts new time zone – Makuei, Journalists walk out of SPLM supposed press briefing, Ethiopian army kills ex-S.Sudan peace mediator Seyoum Mesfin, New Wau revenue authority director disappears on reporting day, UNHCR’s Special Envoy for Horn of Africa talks refugees, peace in S.Sudan, Uganda: Museveni declared winner of 2021 presidential election, Reconciliation conference underway in Terekeka. Furthermore, the report says the two leaders must commit not to extend the current Transitional Period and that there needs to be an elected government at the end of the three years. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and arch-rival Riek Machar, his sacked vice-president, have spent the past 20 months locked in combat. Kiir and Machar fought side-by-side during the north-south conflict but, at some points, they also fought against each other. And, we may be seeing some of that now," he said. Divisions of power. President kiir..... would you Run to Congo again on foot? "President Kiir has been drawing on those memories and referencing them, even in his public statements," Kumar said. Other is to develop a framework for managing diversity; Develop a mechanism for allocating and sharing resources; Settle social disputes and sources of conflict (cattle raiding, child abduction, communal violence, cattle, and human migration); Set a stage for an integrated and inclusive national development strategy. United Nations experts said in January that Kiir and Machar are both responsible for most of the violence committed during the war, now in its third year despite an August 2015 peace deal. He was named Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army in 2005, following the death of John Garang. President kiir..... if I arrest you now Riek Machar, what will you do? So says Jok Madut Jok, the head of the Sudd Institution, a South Sudan think tank. UN representatives reported heavy exchanges of gunfire near their headquarters in the suburb of Jebel. Twitter messages from UN humanitarian official Toby Lanzer in Bentiu say he saw 'virtually no civilians' in town center and that shops in main market have been looted, largely destroyed, Political solution to crisis remains elusive as neither side in the conflict will agree to budge on issue of political detainees, Lawmakers say government has not fully explained rationale for getting involved in South Sudan, might be better served by remaining neutral, As fighting continues between South Sudanese government troops and forces loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar, long-time rebel leader David Yau Yau has agreed to lay down arms, officials say. "Very often, behind ethnic conflict, you will find various political figures that seek to exploit ethnic identities in order to advance their own particular political agenda," he said. "An opening up of the party to enable challenges within the leadership would always, I think, entail some conflict. Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 20 August 1951), also known as Salva Kiir, is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. Salva Kiir Mayardit | president of South Sudan | Britannica The East African (Nairobi) analysis By Fred Oluoch. The first vice president has accused the SPLM in government of engaging in a series of ceasefire violations and creating a stalemate in the security sector reforms.. Dr. Riek Machar believes President Salva Kiir’s party is not discharging enough political will to implement parts of the revitalized peace deal. 7 March 2020 . Analysts say a number of factors have contributed to the current tensions that have led to an escalation of violence in South Sudan. The report says: “No transition or arrangement in which President Kiir and Dr. Riek Machar take part together will succeed. While the war had political origins, it also has ethnic undertones and is based on power dynamics. In February 2020, Machar was resworn as vice president following a peace agreement with Salva Kiir, the current President of South Sudan. Opposition leader Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir shake hands in Juba for the first time since 31 October last year. “In light of the predicament the country is in, the demand of the people that South Sudan has a better chance of a successful political transition if President Kiir and Dr. Machar were to step aside, is quite understandable,” the report added. PaanLuel Wël. Riek Machar..... you can never arrest me or try and see? Kiir and Machar – who lives in exile – are under increasing international pressure to resolve their differences by a February 22 deadline. Kiir demands that Machar signs a letter of undertaking for Olony to be appointed. What Triggered the Kiir-Machar Rift in South Sudan? Chan Dhel disclosed to Eye Radio that members of the SPLM party in the National Dialogue Steering Committee have rejected the final report for including public views that call for the two leaders to step aside. "Riek Machar was brought in as vice president for the new South Sudan with the hope that he would be able to bring his significant power and constituency, both military and political, to the table to ensure that there would be a more cohesive national governing force," she said. It suggested that a prominent national personality be chosen by parliament to take charge of the country until an elected government takes office. Machar has publicly apologized for any role in the Bor massacre. Machar denied the accusation but soon took lead of rebels fighting against Kiir and the SPLM-led government. There are People who are calling the issue of the Sudd Institution, a Sudan. Always, I think, entail some conflict try and see, this time around am very.. 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