South Sudan: Government signs peace deal with Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/ Army-In-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) rebel group
South Sudan’s government has reached a peace deal in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, with the break-away faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/ Army-In-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) under General Simon Gatwech Dual.
The deal negotiated by the Sudan Transitional Government on Sunday includes recommitting to the cessation of hostilities signed on August 8, 2018, in Khartoum that paved way for the eventual inking of the revitalised peace deal.
President Salva Kiir’s security advisor, Tut Gatluak Manime, signed on behalf of the SPLM-In-Government (SPLM-IG) and Gen Dual signed on behalf of his SPLM/A-IO that splintered in August 2021 from the mainstream party led by First Vice President, Riek Machar.
The deal offers amnesty to the leadership and forces of SPLM/A-IO Kitgwang that has been fighting Machar’s faction in the oil-rich Upper Nile state.