Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The groups that did not sign the peace agreement are, according to the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, responsible for the deaths of the two nuns of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, killed who, along with three other people, were killed in a road ambush on August 16 on a bus along Juba-Nimule Road (see Fides, 18/8/2021). The Head of State attributes the attack to the so-called “holdout groups”, as the non-signatories of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) are called. In his statement, President Kiir said the murder of the five “innocent civilians” shows the lack of commitment to peace among those who did not sign the September 2018 peace agreement, and threatens that his government may have to “reconsider its position on the Rome Initiative led by Sant’Egidio community”. The South Sudanese President adds, referring to the five South Sudanese killed during the road ambush on August 16: “The responsibility for their death rests solely with the holdout groups, and the revitalized interim government of national unity strongly condemns this act of terrorism”.
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – Sisters killed; President Kiir: “The groups that did not sign the peace are responsible for their death” – Agenzia Fides
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – Sisters killed; President Kiir: “The groups that did not sign the peace are responsible for their death” – Agenzia Fides
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