{{The African Union Commission has welcomed Saturday\u2019s launch of South Sudan\u2019s ruling party (SPLM) dialogue forum, saying the process should enable its leadership examine in-depth the underlying causes of the crisis facing the governing entity and the conflict that engulfed the new nation.}}<\/p>\n
An advance team of the SPLM Politburo members convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa in preparation for the party\u2019s leadership review and a self-assessment forum.<\/p>\n
Initiated within the framework of the IGAD-led peace process for South Sudan, the forum reportedly provides critical contribution to the ongoing broader political dialogue towards national reconciliation and healing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Chairperson of the Commission underlines the importance of this process, which should enable the SPLM leadership to examine in-depth the underlying causes of the crisis facing their party and of the conflict in South Sudan,\u201d partly reads a statement extended to Sudan Tribune.<\/p>\n
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the AU Commission chairperson urged all stakeholders to take advantage of the intra-party talks, expected to run concurrently with the IGAD-led mediation efforts, to advance the cause of peace, security, stability, reconciliation and good governance in South Sudan.<\/p>\n
She also commends the Ethiopian People\u2019s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and the African National Congress (ANC) for having accepted to facilitate the forum.<\/p>\n
The meeting was chaired by Ethiopia\u2019s Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn of Ethiopia, who also doubles as the IGAD chairperson.<\/p>\n
The AU commission boss, however, expressed concerns about South Sudan\u2019s continued conflict and untold suffering inflicted on the civilian population in the nation.<\/p>\n
She renewed the AU\u2019s full support to the IGAD mediation, appealing to parties in the conflict to put the interest of their country and people above any other consideration.<\/p>\n
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