A layman's guide to mediating for South Sudan
There are no guarantees that the conflicting groups will sign an agreement.
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There are no guarantees that the conflicting groups will sign an agreement.
In February, President Ruto appointed former army commander Lazurus Sumbeiywo to lead the talks
A series of consultations that have been going on in Kenya to bring the state of South Sudan and hold-out groups to the negotiation table, seems to have broken the impasse.
The rebel group National Salvation Front (NAS) has claimed responsibility for the fire that engulfed the ammunition store of the army in Juba on Sunday morning.
NAS leader General Thomas Cirillo has emphasized the importance of a pre-mediation meeting with the government and the mediation in Rome, Italy, before the talks could be relocated to Kenya.