Ethiopia: Government and partners launch the mid-year review of Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) for 2016 (12.08.2016)

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Communique of the Peace and Security Council PSC of the African Union AU at its 616th meeting on the situation in South Sudan (11.08.2016)

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The members of the Security Council welcomed the signing on August 8 of the Roadmap Agreement (12.08.2016)

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They welcomed the support of the Roadmap by other members of the Sudan Call.

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 12, 2016The members of the Security Council welcomed the signing on August 8 of the Roadmap Agreement by the Justice and Equality Movement, the Sudan Liberation Movement-Minni Minnawi, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), and the National Umma Party.  They welcomed the support of the Roadmap by other members of the Sudan Call.

The members of the Security Council commended the Government of Sudan for signing the Roadmap Agreement on March 16, 2016, subsequently clarifying its commitments regarding the inclusion of other relevant stakeholders in the National Dialogue initiated by the government, and continuing to uphold any decisions reached between the opposition signatories and in the 7+7 Mechanism.

The members of the Security Council paid tribute to the efforts of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel in helping to achieve the Roadmap Agreement.

The members of the Security Council urged all signatories to continue the momentum to agree upon a cessation of hostilities, modalities for expanding humanitarian access in Darfur and the Two Areas, and the process for reaching a final political settlement through an inclusive national dialogue, and in this regard welcomed the commencement of negotiations on August 9 in two parallel tracks.

The members of the Security Council recognized that in signing the Roadmap Agreement, all parties have demonstrated a commitment to ending the conflicts in Sudan and moving towards a process of dialogue as a basis for lasting peace.

Groupe des 7 Partis Politiques – Point de Presse du G7 de Jeude 11 AOUT 2016 (11.08.2016)

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RDC – Lubumbasi Letter: Ordonnance N. 093/2016 Accordant une dispense totale de patement des frais de justice et du droit proportionnel

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Armoured car sale to South Sudan should be investigated, rights groups say (Youtube-Clip)

“A Canadian-owned company may have engaged in some dodgy documentation in order to sell dozens of armoured vehicles to the military in war-torn South Sudan” (The National, 2016)

Letter: South Sudan allows UN World Food Programe air-drops of Food in the Nation (10.08.2016)

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Gen. Taban Deng Gai’s speech Against Dr. Riek Machar (Youtube-Clip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPntWSpkx98

South Sudan’s government, opposition troops fight in Yei, near Uganda border (Youtube-Clip)

“In South Sudan, more clashes have broken out between government and opposition forces. This time in the town of Yei, south of Juba, towards the Ugandan border. Supporters of former vice president Riek Machar say they were attacked by fighters loyal to President Salva Kiir. The clashes come a day after the opposition captured the nearby county of Lasu. Local media are reporting more fighting has also broken out in Juba, and the northern and western parts of the country” (CCTV Africa, 2016)

Amb Lominsuk ‘South Sudan rejects Foreign Troops’ (Youtube-Clip)

“South Sudan’s ambassador to Uganda Samuel Luate Lominsuk has castigated media reports that President Salva Kiir finally accepted extra foreign troops into his country. This comes in following the IGAD summit that was held over the weekend in Ethiopia’s capital Adis Ababa. Amb. Lominsuk exclusively tells WBS TV that there were three requests that were put forward by IGAD including protection of humanitarian and relief on top of the military corridors by the UN. WBS’ Jocylynne Nakibuule had a one – on – one with the ambassador and now reports” (WBS TV Uganda, 2016).