African leaders urged to deploy troops in S’Sudan
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Mediators of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, called on African leaders to urgently deploy troops to stop war atrocities in South Sudan.
Chairman, IGAD Council of Ministers, Tedros Adhanon, warned that the continued fighting in South Sudan had drastically affected the humanitarian situation in the country and risked worsening.
Adhanon said although the peace talks to end the fighting remained sluggish, it gained momentum with the signing of a peace deal between the two leaders involved in the war on May 9.
He said the South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir, had shown kindness by freeing political detainees and allowing them to join the talks to end the crisis in the country.
Lazarus Sumbeiywo, one of the chief mediators, called for international aid to the refugees and the immediate end of the war.
He said there was urgent need for international efforts to end the crisis.
Sumbeiywo stressed the need for leaders of the region to endorse the peace deal seeking an end to the war and endorse the road map to a new government.
“These are the things we plead with the heads of state to help us to achieve as soon as possible,” he said.
Sumbeiywo said the IGAD heads of state were due to open talks on the urgent deployment of 2,500 troops recently approved by the UN Security Council.
He said the troops would be drawn from Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda, with a mandate of protecting regional peace monitors tasked with ensuring the two sides in the conflict operate under a ceasefire agreement and report any violations.
Chairman, IGAD Council of Ministers, Tedros Adhanon, warned that the continued fighting in South Sudan had drastically affected the humanitarian situation in the country and risked worsening.
Adhanon said although the peace talks to end the fighting remained sluggish, it gained momentum with the signing of a peace deal between the two leaders involved in the war on May 9.
He said the South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir, had shown kindness by freeing political detainees and allowing them to join the talks to end the crisis in the country.
Lazarus Sumbeiywo, one of the chief mediators, called for international aid to the refugees and the immediate end of the war.
He said there was urgent need for international efforts to end the crisis.
Sumbeiywo stressed the need for leaders of the region to endorse the peace deal seeking an end to the war and endorse the road map to a new government.
“These are the things we plead with the heads of state to help us to achieve as soon as possible,” he said.
Sumbeiywo said the IGAD heads of state were due to open talks on the urgent deployment of 2,500 troops recently approved by the UN Security Council.
He said the troops would be drawn from Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda, with a mandate of protecting regional peace monitors tasked with ensuring the two sides in the conflict operate under a ceasefire agreement and report any violations.
