This Week in South Sudan – Week 30 – Monitoring South Sudan

The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) stated that the proposed revitalization forum by IGAD would not be a platform for renegotiation of the 2015 peace agreement.
The Guardian on unaccompanied refugee children: “South Sudan: ‘When we came home for lunch our parents had been killed’

SPLA claimed control over Maiwut, Upper Nile State following clashes with the SPLA (IO). The latter denied that government forces have regained control of the town.
Riek Machar relieved five military governors of Upper Nile State and in the Bahr el Ghazal region and re-appointed five new ones, including Johnson Ulony (Fashoda).
Japan’s defense minister and its army chief resigned over allegations that they misled Parliament and the public over dangers faced by Japanese UNMISS soldiers in South Sudan.

Three SPLM factions have signed the Entebbe Declaration to operationalize the Arusha Agreement on the Reunification of the SPLM. The SPLM (IO) quickly denounced the initiative.

Reported fighting in Nyori, Central Equatoria State between two opposition groups, the SPLA (IO) loyal to Riek Machar and the National Salvation Front (NAS) led by Thomas Cirillo. Reportedly a number of SPLA (IO) troops have defected to NAS.
According to a senior UN official, the long-awaited Regional Protection Forces in South Sudan is expected to be deployed ‘soon’.

This Week in South Sudan – Week 30