South Sudan’s rival parties have temporarily salvaged prospects for peace, agreeing a six-month deadline extension to allow for the formation of a unity government.
- ICG
But the country’s external partners must sustain pressure on both sides to preserve a ceasefire and maintain consensus on a path forward.
On 3 May at a summit in Addis Ababa, South Sudan’s rival parties agreed to a six-month extension of the deadline to form a unity government.
A consensual delay had become the best available option to salvage South Sudan’s peace deal, which has produced the…