ICC Note: South Sudan Peace talks fail only one day after ceasefire signed. The opposition, who had signed the ceasefire, decided the next day to end the negotiations when certain agreements could not be made.  

05/30/2018 South Sudan (Anglican Communion News) – The opposition groups in South Sudan’s civil war have rejected a draft compromise agreement and pulled out of peace talks. Government and opposition groups were in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to find a solution to the ongoing conflict. This week, in the first part of the talks mediated by the Anglican Archbishop of South Sudan, the sides reached agreement on a cessation of hostilities; but in the second part of the talks, led by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), collapsed when parties rejected a compromise plan put forward by IGAD.

On his return to Juba yesterday, before the second part of the talks collapsed, Archbishop Justin Badi Arama said “We went to Addis Ababa as a delegation of the South Sudan Council of Churches to pray, remind and encourage our political leaders at the peace talks. As a church we engaged the political leaders and encouraged them to talk openly to each other as they discuss the outstanding issues and we clearly told them to discuss and to take into consideration the suffering of their people in South Sudan.

“We are sincerely thankful to all the members of the different parties that went for the talks, we thank them for the way they had the trust and demonstrated that respect for the church. As a result of it we have brought a small goat for South Sudanese and a big bull is still behind in Addis Ababa, our politicians are struggling to bring it here.

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