International Crisis Group Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/international-crisis-group/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 30 May 2019 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 International Crisis Group Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/international-crisis-group/ 32 32 UN Security Council extends sanctions against South Sudan https://jjcornish.com/2019/05/un-security-council-extends-sanctions-against-south-sudan/ Thu, 30 May 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/05/un-security-council-extends-sanctions-against-south-sudan/ The United Nations Security Council’s extended for another year an arms embargo and sanctions  aimed at ending the six year war in South Sudan that’s displaced four million people and killed more than 400 000. South Africa opposes the move saying it can aggravate the political process implementing a peace agreement struck last September. ends […]

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]]> The United Nations Security Council’s extended for another year an arms embargo and sanctions  aimed at ending the six year war in South Sudan that’s displaced four million people and killed more than 400 000.

South Africa opposes the move saying it can aggravate the political process implementing a peace agreement struck last September.

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South Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, China and Russia abstained in the United  Nations Security Council vote.

Non governmental bodies like the International Crisis Group urged the UN powerhouse to extend the sanctions.

They concur with the position of Britain and the United States that the proliferation of arms in South Sudan is adding to the misery of its people, six-and-a-half million of whom are food insecure.

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]]> South Sudanese leaders in Vatican retreat https://jjcornish.com/2019/04/south-sudanese-leaders-in-vatican-retreat/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/04/south-sudanese-leaders-in-vatican-retreat/ South Sudanese political and religious leaders end a two-day retreat at the Vatican today ahead of entering into a unity government in Juba. The period of preaching, prayer and contemplation is designed to bolster the flagging peace deal signed last February in Africa’s youngest country. The retreat is led by Pope Francis and the Archbishop […]

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]]> South Sudanese political and religious leaders end a two-day retreat at the Vatican today ahead of entering into a unity government in Juba.

The period of preaching, prayer and contemplation is designed to bolster the flagging peace deal signed last February in Africa’s youngest country.

The retreat is led by Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.

Salva Kiir and Riek Machar are joined by three vice president and South Sudanese church leaders.

The International Crisis Group warns that the peace deal inked in February is faltering.

In terms of it, Kiir and Machar are due to  enter a unity government tomorrow.

Since splitting from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan has been torn by conflict that’s cost 

400 000 lives and uprooted a third of the 12-million population.

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