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The UNSG implored the political leaders of the country to honour the promises made to keep the peace and called for vigorously implementing the promises to implement peace agreements as a run-up to peaceful, free and fair elections in December 2026,” Guterres urged.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, flagged dramatic and dire situation in South Sudan as violent clashes impacted ordinary lives in the war-torn country. The First Vice President, Riek Machar, was detained under house arrest.
The UNSG implored the political leaders of the country to honour the promises made to keep the peace and called for vigorously implementing the promises to implement peace agreements as a run-up to peaceful, free and fair elections in December 2026,” Guterres urged.
The African Union is currently working with the U.N. to address the situation, The UN Chief said that the A.U. initiative to deploy the panel of the Wise, as well as the efforts of Special Envoy of President Ruto of Kenya, are commendable.
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Both South Sudan’s current president, Salva Kiir, and the currently detained First Vice President, Riek Machar, are historical leaders who helped secure the country’s independence from Sudan in 2011. The war in Sudan that started in April 2023 has wrecked the capital, and other urban cities across the country.
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