This Week in South Sudan – Week 43, Part 1

Monday 20 October

• The head of the SPLM-G10 faction, Pagan Amum Okich, accused Kampala and Khartoum for interfering in South Sudanese politics to serve their own interests.
• IGAD-led South Sudan peace talks postponed until 27 October.

Tuesday 21 October

• The three main factions agreed on a intra-SPLM dialogue framework and communique in Arusha to support further peace negotiations.
• In a statement issued at the end of the Arusha meetings, South Sudan’s rival leaders admitted “collective responsibility” for the ongoing conflict.

Wednesday 22 October

• Over 500,000 SSP robbed from the Wau agricultural bank in Western Bahr al Ghazal.
• A leading member of the SPLM, Atem Garang de Kuek, urged party name change for the sake of reunification and democratization.
• According to a joint statement issued by the EU delegation to South Sudan, the proposed Security Bill contradicts South Sudan’s constitution.
• UNIMISS urged the Security Council to push the South Sudanese warring factions to implement peace commitments on the ground.
• IGAD stated that the South Sudanese factions have reached a breakthrough in the negotiations.
• An Ebola testing center was set up at WAU Airport in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal.
• China to send some 700 peacekeepers to reinforce the UNIMSS at the beginning of 2015.

Thursday 23 October

• UNHCR praised Sudan for generously welcoming South Sudanese refugees.
• International scholars gathered for the Fourth Annual Juba University Lecture Series to examine the history and politics of earlier peace agreements in South Sudan.