African Dialogue

A leading official says South Sudan’s governing Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) would make reconciliation, unity and forgiveness a top priority during the transitional period of the government of national unity. Former South Sudanese cabinet affairs minister, Deng Alor Kuol, said the work of the secretary general of the SPLM, Pagan Amum, as chief administrator in the party, would be dedicated to organizing the party. He underscored the recently signed peace agreement and said it should not be read as a reward or return to the status quo, but rather, an opportunity to allow the ruling party to correct itself and accept their actions. We are now joined on the line by a panel of esteemed guests to discuss the latest on South Sudan. We have…………………Ambassador Mr. Philip Jada Natana, Head of Mission of South Sudan Tom Rhodes: Committee to Protect Journalists: Luka Biong Deng Kuol: Director of the Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Juba, Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo and Associate Fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy SchoolDr Sylvester B. Maphosa: Chief Research Specialist: Governance & Security program of the Africa Institute of South Africa in the Human Sciences Research Council