Norway. UK Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/norway-uk/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 12 Sep 2018 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 Norway. UK Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/norway-uk/ 32 32 South Sudan power sharing deal signed https://jjcornish.com/2018/09/south-sudan-power-sharing-deal-signed/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/09/south-sudan-power-sharing-deal-signed/ South Sudanese leaders have signed a power sharing deal designed to end a five-year civil war in Africa’s newest country. The move’s been welcomed by Britain, the United States and Norway who’ve been pressing the players to make this deal.  The inking in Addis Ababa of a South Sudanese peace deal has the citizens of […]

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]]> South Sudanese leaders have signed a power sharing deal designed to end a five-year civil war in Africa’s newest country.

The move’s been welcomed by Britain, the United States and Norway who’ve been pressing the players to make this deal. 

The inking in Addis Ababa of a South Sudanese peace deal has the citizens of that country and its neighbours holding thumbs.

Three years ago, when they last signed an accord,  it fell apart within weeks.

This time the key actors, President Salva Kiir and rebel-leader-turned-vice-president Riek Machar, have been warned  by the members of the regional group IGAD and concerned Western powers, known as the troika,  that anyone breaking the peace will face tough sanctions. 

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