{Factions of South Sudan’s ruling party may sign a pact that seeks to heal a power struggle that led to more than a year of civil war, a Tanzanian mediator said. }
Reconciliation may be agreed by the three factions of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement at a summit on Wednesday in Arusha, Tanzania, which regional heads of state will also attend, Abdulrahman Kinana, secretary-general of Tanzania’s governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, told reporters on Tuesday in Juba, South Sudan’s capital.
“Progress has been made very well and hopefully the draft document for the reunification will be signed tomorrow,” said Kinana, flanked by former Tanzanian Prime Minister John Samuel Malecela. Kinana said they were visiting Juba to consult President Salva Kiir on the reconciliation agreement. He didn’t give details on the proposed pact nor say what impact it could have on the conflict.
Fighting erupted in South Sudan in December 2013 following a dispute in the ruling party. Army commanders rebelled in three states when Kiir arrested rivals for allegedly plotting a coup. Dinka soldiers loyal to the president targeted Nuer in the capital, according to the United Nations. Tens of thousands of people have died in the fighting, while almost 2 million others have fled their homes.
Violence has continued even after the South Sudanese government and rebels agreed to cease hostilities and form a transitional administration at a series of separate talks mediated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a bloc of East African nations.
{{Source: Bloomberg}}
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