United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/united-nations-high-commission-for-human-rights/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 20 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 United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/united-nations-high-commission-for-human-rights/ 32 32 South Sudan leaders agree to power-sharing government https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/south-sudan-leaders-agree-to-power-sharing-government/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/south-sudan-leaders-agree-to-power-sharing-government/ South Sudan’s political leaders say they’ll sign a power-sharing agreement by tomorrow’s internationally-imposed deadline. There’s some skepticism about whether the pact will hold after a succession of failed deals. In terms of the agreement struck in Juba, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will make rebel leader Riek Machar his first deputy president and provide protection […]

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]]> South Sudan’s political leaders say they’ll sign a power-sharing agreement by tomorrow’s internationally-imposed deadline.

There’s some skepticism about whether the pact will hold after a succession of failed deals.

In terms of the agreement struck in Juba, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will make rebel leader Riek Machar his first deputy president and provide protection for him and his staff.

The power-sharing government will be the culmination of a process following the signing of a peace deal in September 2018 to end the seven year civil war that has cost 400 000 lives and created the worst refugee crisis in Africa.

The encouraging news is offset by a United Nations Commission for Human Rights report charging Kiir with pillaging national finances and allowing deadly attacks on his foes by militia. 

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