Dinks Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/dinks/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dinks Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/dinks/ 32 32 Deadlock in South Sudan’s negotiations for a transitional government https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/deadlock-in-south-sudans-negotiations-for-a-transitional-government/ Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/deadlock-in-south-sudans-negotiations-for-a-transitional-government/ Talks aimed at getting a transitional  unity government in South Sudan are deadlocked. The world’s newest country faces sanctions if agreement is not reached by Saturday. The logjams outnumber the breakthroughs in South Sudan’s short and troubled history. The death toll from six years of civil war approaches 400 000. Sticking point now is dividing […]

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]]> Talks aimed at getting a transitional  unity government in South Sudan are deadlocked.

The world’s newest country faces sanctions if agreement is not reached by Saturday.

The logjams outnumber the breakthroughs in South Sudan’s short and troubled history.

The death toll from six years of civil war approaches 400 000.

Sticking point now is dividing the country between President Salva Kiir’s Dinka and the Nuer of rebel leader and former deputy president Riek Machar.

Kiir has made concessions, reducing his proposed 32 states to 10.

Machar says Kiir is still trying to grab the lion’s share by setting up special administrative areas to govern the oil-rich portions that could ensure prosperity for the country once peace is achieved.

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