This Week in South Sudan – Week 48

Tuesday 27 November

• In a leadership conference, the National Salvation Front reaffirmed the rejection of the revitalized peace agreement.
• Government authorities and opposition forces met in Eastern Equatoria and Upper Nile, and decided to cooperate in the implementation of the peace agreement and facilitate free movement.
• Former SPLM official Dr. Matur Gorjok Gak formed a new political party, the National People’s Movement.
• Chatham House: “Will South Sudan’s New Peace Deal Stick?”

Thursday 29 November

• The UN announced it will send extra peacekeepers to South Sudan who will facilitate the return of refugees.
• Weapons monitoring group Conflict Armament Research said Uganda provided South Sudan with European arms and ammunition during its civil war, thereby breaking the arms embargo.

Friday 30 November

• UNMISS held a workshop for SPLA-IO soldiers on how to end child solider recruitment.

Saturday 1 December

• Peter Gatdet Yaka was elected chairman of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance.

Sunday 2 December

• Doctors Without Borders reported that over a period of ten days in the past month, at least 125 women and girls were sexually abused and violated when seeking food aid in Unity. The UNMISS and SPLM-IO condemned the attacks and abuses.