{"id":53084,"date":"2025-02-21T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/south-sudan-peace-talks-in-kenya-adjourned-until-march\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:49:46","slug":"south-sudan-peace-talks-in-kenya-adjourned-until-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/south-sudan-peace-talks-in-kenya-adjourned-until-march\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan peace talks in Kenya adjourned until March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ruto, who met Thursday with holdout opposition groups from South Sudan in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, said the talks will resume in March.<\/p>\n<p>The talks between South Sudan&#8217;s transitional government and holdout opposition groups, dubbed Tumaini, meaning hope in Swahili, have been ongoing in Nairobi since last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ruto said in a statement that the mediation process &#8220;adjourns until March 2025 to facilitate consultations that will inform the way forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In December 2023, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan asked Ruto to assume the lead role in mediating the peace talks, taking over from the community of Sant&#8217;Egidio in Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan is grappling with significant challenges, including 9 million people requiring humanitarian aid, 7.5 million people experiencing food insecurity, and an influx of more than 1 million returnees and refugees fleeing violence in neighboring Sudan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-82070 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/480467467_1229882961826308_3883738391554719678_n-1068x1068.jpg\" alt=\"Kenyan President William Ruto (center) announced the suspension of the mediation process between the South Sudan government and the Opposition Hold-Out Group on February 21, 2025.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan President William Ruto 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