Tag

The United States proposed on Wednesday implementing a United Nations arms embargo on South Sudan and further targeted sanctions from September 6 unless President Salva Kiir signs a peace deal to end the country’s 20-month conflict.

United States government said President Kiir should join the rebel leader, Machar, by signing the peace agreement to end the 20-month long civil war in the country. The conflict pits Kiir’s ethnic Dinka people against Machar’s Nuer.

“There must be consequences for those who continue to stand in the way of peace”, she said, calling for UN Security Council sanctions if the government does not sign the deal within 15 days.

But the US has submitted draft proposals for a UN arms embargo on South Sudan.

That article cited unnamed sources who said that the State Department and U.S. mission to the United Nations had long been open to punitive measures, but that opposition from the National Security Council was responsible for blocking such action from coming sooner.

The US on Wednesday then circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution proposing an arms embargo and targeted sanctions against South Sudan if Kiir refuses to ink the peace pact.

Differences about the structure of the army, demilitarization and the system of governance in the oil- rich Upper Nile state are blocking a deal, Arik said.

ADDIS ABABA August 17 South Sudan President Salva Kiir failed to sign a peace deal proposed by regional leaders on Monday, saying he required more time, the mediator of the crisis said.

“Ethiopia faces serious threats and its contribution to the African Union mission in Somalia has reduced areas under al-Shabaab control but as the prime minister noted, yesterday’s bombing in Mogadishu reminds us that terrorist groups like al-Shabaab offer nothing but...

Obama’s visit marks the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to Ethiopia.

With growth slowing in the West, developed nations are shifting funds away from basic development funding to climate-linked projects.