Window of opportunity closing for South Sudan, on road to lasting peace

With eight months remaining, the window of opportunity is closing for South Sudan to meet critical benchmarks required to complete its transition away from long-running civil conflict, the Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Monday, pressing parties to the November 2018 peace deal, to implement their commitments in letter and spirit.

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South Sudan: Progress on peace agreement ‘limps along’, UN envoy tells Security Council

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Although the transitional government in South Sudan continues to function, with state governors now appointed, among other developments, progress on the 2018 peace agreement “limps along”, the top UN official in the country told a virtual meeting of the Security Council on Wednesday.

Slow progress, stubborn cycles of violence, as South Sudan turns 10

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New South Sudan Parliament can ‘infuse urgency’ into peace process

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