South Sudan president vows to promote unity, reconciliation

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Juba, Sept 19, 2019 (Xinhua/NAN) South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, on Thursday vowed to unite the country and committed to partner with opposition leader, Riek Machar, to restore peace and stability as efforts to form a unity government in November.

Kiir publicly said at a national prayer breakfast meeting in Juba that his administration was ready to fully implement the Sept. 12, 2018 deal, adding that the young country would never revert to war.

“I want to assure our citizens, the region and international community that in November, we as the parties’ signatory to the revitalised peace agreement must form a unity government without further delay,“Kiir said.

The national breakfast prayer that was organised by the South Sudan Council of Churches tagged “don’t cling to events of past, watch for new things I am going to do, it’s happening already. “

The national breakfast prayer was attended by senior government officials and the opposition.

The world’s youngest nation descended into conflict in December 2013.
A peace deal signed in 2015 collapsed after renewed violence in July 2016, forcing Machar to flee the capital Juba.

In September 2018, the warring South Sudanese parties signed a revitalised peace deal, in which Machar would take up one of the four vice presidency positions in the transitional government.(Xinhua/NAN)

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Edited by Yahaya Isah