S. Sudan in talks with Yauyau rebels to end conflict
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July 4,2013 (JUBA)- South Sudan on Wednesday announced it had entered
into talks with rebel leader, David Yauyau to find remedies of ending
the conflict in its largest state of Jonglei.
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South Sudanese Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin 2 April 2
2012 (Getty)
The move comes just days after the country’s leader, Salva Kiir
instructed elders from the Murle tribe to establish contacts with the
rebel leader and persuade the latter to respond to amnesty.
President Kiir has vowed to pardon rebel leaders and their followers
fighting against his government, should they respond to an amnesty
issued in April, this year.
The amnesty, South Sudanese information said, establishes a legal
framework for peace under which rebel leaders can officially be
forgiven for crimes they may have committed while fighting against the
Juba regime.
"In the coming days, the results of the conversations with the David
Yauyau will be known. Efforts are being made. Elders from Murle and
religious groups have initiated contacts”, Barnaba Marial told
reporters in the capital, Juba on Wednesday.
They have taken advance steps and it is a just a matter of time and
the result of their engagement will be made known to the public, he
added.
In recent months, however, the Jonglei-based rebel group has lost
several of its members, who have deserted, with many others arrested
or killed in military offensives.
Currently the group claims it has approximately 3,000 members.
But, although the group still remain a threat, many believe peace
should be given chance to prevail over military offensive.
“The current effort being made by the elders and the religious group,
may well be the best opportunity to end the insurgency," argued Dut
Kuir Deng, a native of Jonglei’s Twic county.
However, although Deng believes peaceful efforts could be one of the
ways to end the conflict in the region, others are less optimistic
about the peaceful negotiations.
Ayuen Alier, a native of Jonglei’s Dukpadiet county insists that
entering negotiations with the rebel will definitely weaken security
and allow the promotion of rebellious mentalities in societies.
Minister Marial also said military operations will continue “on every
single centimeter of the national territory”, alongside peaceful
negotiations with the rebels.
“We will learn from the errors of the past in order not to repeat
them”, he remarked.
Currently, only South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A) rebel
group has willingly responded to the amnesty pardon.
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