South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir called for unity on the young war-torn country’s independence day and said progress had been made on a long-delayed peace deal.
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Syria, the world’s newest country, has been plagued by violence and political strife since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011.
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A peace agreement six years ago between President Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar ended the 2013-2018 civil war, but key provisions remain to be implemented and the timetable for a power transition has been repeatedly delayed.
President Kiir said the country must come together to honour those who lost their lives for independence and “learn from our mistakes and join hands in rebuilding South Sudan.”
He described the implementation of the 2018 peace agreement as a “difficult road” but said in a statement late Tuesday that “most of the key outstanding issues have been implemented.”
He said the government would work with regional bloc IGAD and partners to “fully implement the remaining provisions.”
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However, the statement made no mention of general elections scheduled for December.
The international community has grown increasingly outraged, warning that many of the provisions of the agreement needed to hold the elections remain unimplemented.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in April urged parties to take “urgent measures” to go ahead with the vote, but the UN mission in South Sudan warned that it lacked the “technical, legal and operational expertise” needed to hold the vote.
Britain, Norway and the United States in June called for parties to work together to avoid “significant” delays.
President Kiir also called for an end to the civil war in Sudan, saying the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatens peace and stability in the region.
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“It is no secret that the war in Sudan has adversely affected South Sudan’s declining oil production, which has had a negative impact on our economy,” he said.
South Sudan relies on oil exports for about 90 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), but inflation has soared since a main Sudanese pipeline carrying oil out of the country ruptured in February.
Despite its vast oil reserves, South Sudan is one of the poorest countries on earth and has spent almost half its existence at war.
The civil war left around 400,000 people dead and millions displaced before Presidents Kiir and Machar signed a peace deal and formed a unity government in 2018.
Since then, the promises of the peace agreement have not been realised and the country has been battling floods, famine, violence and political strife.
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