{"id":438518,"date":"2025-03-27T14:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=438518"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:32:13","slug":"igad-alarmed-by-escalating-tensions-in-the-republic-of-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/igad-alarmed-by-escalating-tensions-in-the-republic-of-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"IGAD Alarmed by Escalating Tensions in the Republic of South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s5\">March 27, 2025<\/span><span class=\"s5\">, D<\/span><span class=\"s5\">j<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ibouti:<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s5\">The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) expresses\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">alarm<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0over\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">reports of the house arrest of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">H.E.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">Dr. Riek Machar Teny<\/span><span class=\"s5\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">First Vice President<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0of the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">Republic<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s5\">South Sudan,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">and the escalating political tensions in South Sudan. These developments\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">seriously\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">undermine the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) and risk plunging the country back into violent conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s5\">H.E<\/span><span class=\"s5\">. Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu<\/span><span class=\"s5\">, IGAD Executive Sec<\/span><span class=\"s5\">retary<\/span><span class=\"s5\">,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s5\">by\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">recall<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ing<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">Co<\/span><span class=\"s5\">mmunique<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0of the 43<\/span><span class=\"s6\">rd<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0Extr<\/span><span class=\"s5\">a<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ordin<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ary<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0of 12<\/span><span class=\"s6\">th<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0March 2025<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s5\">called on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"s5\">all parties to immediately refrain from unilateral actions that violate the spirit and letter of the R-ARCSS, which remains the only viable framework for sustainable peace in South Sudan. The current trajectory, if unchecked, could lead to a collapse of the transitional process and a relapse into full-scale war, with devastating consequences for the people of South Sudan<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0and the region at large<\/span><span class=\"s5\">.<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s5\">T<\/span><span class=\"s5\">he\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">Executive\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">Secretary<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s5\">also<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s5\">urge<\/span><span class=\"s5\">d<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s5\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"s5\">all signatories to the Agreement to exercise maximum restraint, prioritise dialogue, and resolve differences through inclusive and peaceful means.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">Dr. Workneh\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s5\">reiterated IGAD<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0read<\/span><span class=\"s5\">iness<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0to support mediation efforts and call<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ed<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0upon regional and international partners to reinforce the imperative of preserving peace in South Sudan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s5\">The people of South Sudan deserve lasting stability, not a return to conflict. IGAD reaffirms its commitment to the full implementation of the R-ARCSS and urges all stakeholders to act responsibly in the interest of peace and national unity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2025, Djibouti:\u00a0The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) expresses\u00a0alarm\u00a0over\u00a0reports of the house arrest of\u00a0H.E.\u00a0Dr. Riek Machar Teny,\u00a0First Vice President\u00a0of the\u00a0Republic\u00a0of\u00a0South Sudan,\u00a0and the escalating political tensions in South Sudan. These developments\u00a0seriously\u00a0undermine the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) and risk plunging the country back into violent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":438519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438520,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438518\/revisions\/438520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}