adminKHARTOUM — A new cease-fire agreement between South Sudan rivals was recently signed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
The new truce deal opened a new window of hope for reaching an end to the violent conflict which broke in the newly-born state in December last year amid concerns that it may face similar fates of previous agreements.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and rebel leader Riek Machar signed on February 2, an agreement stipulating ceasefire, power-sharing and formation of an interim government prior to reach a comprehensive prospect for ending the conflict by March 5.
The agreement this time included detailed suggestions on power-sharing where it stipulated that the structure of the interim government is to be of Kiir as president and Machar as vice president, provided that a second vice president is to be named from the Equatorial areas.
Abdul-Rahim Mohamed, a Sudanese political analyst, said that the details contained in the new agreement on power-sharing and involvement of all parties in South Sudan constituted the essential point which could help the new agreement to survive.
“The previous agreements collapsed because they contained general and not detailed suggestions. Since the main conflict in South Sudan is relating to the dispute over power, the new agreement seems practical and realistic,” Mohamed told Xinhua.
“The new agreement was keen to address the root-causes of the problem which is the dispute over power as it did not neglect any party whether the standing government, or the movement led by Machar or the released group which include persons of political weight,” he noted. —Xinhua.
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