October 21, 2017 (JUBA)- South Sudanese government has rejected talking to individual opposition groups, asking the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to talk to the armed and non-armed opposition groups to organise and unite their ranks under one body.


South Sudanese information minister Michael Makuei Lueth attends a press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 5 January 2014 (Photo: AP/Elias Asmara)

“We will not be in a position to sit with each of them. So we requested the IGAD ministerial committee to unite their ranks so that they come out with one body, after all even though they appear to be having different objectives, they are saying one and the same thing”, stated the information minister Michael Makuei Lueth after a cabinet meeting on Friday.

Minister Lueth said the government through the council of ministers accepted the revitalisation of the peace agreement and accepted a declaration of the ceasefire to allow negotiations with what he called "armed strange groups" to end hostilities.

This decision of the government came up during the regular council of ministers meeting in Juba, chaired by President Salva Kiir.

The Cabinet, according to the government spokesman, listened to an evaluation report on the implementation of the agreement to resolve the conflict in South Sudan, presented by Martin Elia Lomuro, cabinet affairs minister.

The outcome of the meeting, he said, resolved that the government will not accept to hold separate negotiations with separate groups, and would rather prefer to negotiate with a united opposition group.

(ST)

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22 October 2017 01:07, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g

There might be something wrong with the cabinet ministers of Salva Kiir in Juba. Rather than organizing themselves to discuss the political points of divergence that has culminated into war by various opposition groups in the country, they want to enter into the affairs of the opposition. Who are they to tell their enemies to organize?
IGAD is a moderator. Hence it is not its job to do that!!

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- 22 October 2017 05:12, by Newsudan
  
  These days,something weird is happening with rebels, Riek Io vs NSF,NDM vs Riek Io, and many others versus. Makwei Lweth is right this time, opposition should be organized,one objective, but what am aware some of this militias are ordinary thugs and robbers in disguised of being armed groups.
  
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  - 22 October 2017 10:08, by Wutkhor
    
    Newsudan
    I like the way u put ur comment today u only need to be honest although honesty is a crime in Dinka’s customs, I wld like u to accept that the only effective arms group with massive civil populations supports is our IO but those of NAS, NDM, G9 n that of Bakasoro don’t have any forces in the ground they re just hyenas but we can also a
    
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    - 22 October 2017 10:11, by Wutkhor
      
      Con.... We can accommodate those gangs of Dr. Lam, t s swaka n the g9 but juba jce gangs doesn’t have capacity to directs us for what to do unless they re directing their shits to those of nas, ndm, g9, FDP n that of bakasoro
      
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    - 22 October 2017 10:34, by Newsudan
      
      Wutkhor
      to avoid confusion, I suggested all rebels in Upper Nile region shld merged as one block under Riek, in Equatorial region shld merged 2gether under Thomas Cirilo,in Bhar el ghazal region shld merged under Al Bagi Hussein: Then Kiirdit Govt will accept negotiations, I tell you,there can be peace otherwise,this tribal grouping of rebels is complicating peace,
      
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      - 22 October 2017 11:00, by Wutkhor
        
        Newsudan
        Some time u concur with pples but make it clear, those fighters in equotoria n western BG or fertit land are all our IO forces so nas doesn’t have even a single barrack in equotoria I can only accept that abdal bargi has few forces in his Awiel areas so let us be honest.. Those of nas, ndm n all the rest don’t have any forces in ground I can only assure u of al bargi has few forces in Awi
        
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  - 22 October 2017 11:19, by Newsudan
    
    breaking news
    Khartoum has assassinated Riek official spokesman Lam Kuei Lam.he died in Khartoum hospital, possibly poisoned by Jellabni
    
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    - 22 October 2017 14:07, by Wutkhor
      
      Newsudan
      The press secretary to RMT late Lam Kuei Lam was poisoned by a stooge Nuerwew foods lovers who was been bribes by STD to murder the guy in cold blood the poisonous guy is now in cid custody in Khartoum n he already reveals the truth, the murdered use to be a long time best friend to late Lam that is why std use him to poison the guy, Sudan government can’t poison him he use to report secr
      
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      - 22 October 2017 14:11, by Wutkhor
        
        Con... Why wld they can kill him now when he use to report unwanted report in Khartoum long be4this dirty SS independent, pliz don’t bring ur damn Dinka’s customs lies here or else the Khartoum serikali will get ride of all ur Dinka’s insects in their soils since they already get the proves of the murdered which is Nuerwew foods lovers paid by std to poison late Lam.
        
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- 22 October 2017 07:05, by Wensi
  
  If it’s difficult for those various rebels to come under one body, how would you think peace will come? Rebels, it will be very hard even to win regional or international support this round again. In every peace negotiation, there is always the two sides, not even three. You better come under one umbrella of whoever your Messiah is and be ready to face the Juba government.
  
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- 22 October 2017 13:02, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
  
  Therefore South Sudan government is not in a position to bring peace for the people of South Sudan if they are rejecting IGAD proposed revitalization.
  South Sudan should comprises the peace for their the venerable citizens in the country rather than Riek Machar.
  
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22 October 2017 02:37, by john akeen

Our Government are great government, and we do not talk to thieves, so fuck Riek Machar and fuck Rebecca Nyandeng and fuck Mabior Garang, fuck Pagan Amum, fuck Lam Akol, Fuck Johnson Oling, fuck Riek Machar’s Nuer, fuck you all, and fuck stupid ass guy name Wutkhor

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- 22 October 2017 03:46, by Nairobimitot
  
  To Wutkhor,
  You are not Wutkhor, You are WutDual
  
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  - 22 October 2017 10:21, by Wutkhor
    
    Nairobimitot or Nairobi money
    I know u in a person ya serious Nuerwew foods lovers, I am not an stomach fighters or stomach seekers, u just eat ur bloody money n feel ur dirty stomach with juba dirties foods till ur stomach will grow bigger than that of TutKuan Gatluak
    
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    - 22 October 2017 12:53, by Nairobimitot
      
      WutDual
      You already have a stomach, what do you mean you are not a stomach seeker? You eat a very day and sucking the blood of Nuer children, un-trained children who do not know anything about shooting a gun and you send them to the front like to be killed by the government. You are crazy; enough is enough no more wars. Come clean, or you will face the consequences, No Joke, It will be you and me in the front line, Come to Pagak, I am here sitting with my PKM. That is why I call you WutDual. You are not WutKhor. Stop your stupidity and think ahead.
      
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    - 22 October 2017 12:53, by Nairobimitot
      
      WutDual
      You already have a stomach, what do you mean you are not a stomach seeker? You eat a very day and sucking the blood of Nuer children, un-trained children who do not know anything about shooting a gun and you send them to the front like to be killed by the government. You are crazy; enough is enough no more wars. Come clean, or you will face the consequences, No Joke, It will be you and me in the front line, Come to Pagak, I am here sitting with my PKM. That is why I call you WutDual. You are not WutKhor. Stop your stupidity and think ahead.
      
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      - 22 October 2017 14:21, by Wutkhor
        
        Nairobimitot or Dinka’s asses slave
        I am deeply in war frontier Mr. Stomach fighters I was been in the center of this war since it was firing of the first bullets in juba I was the very person who instigated the killing of all Dinka’s in Akobo town on the 17/12/13 at 2:15pm am currently in the war front ya money lovers n I am enjoying overwhelm support of my Nuer pples n I will never betray themfo
        
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        22 October 2017 14:25, by Wutkhor
        
        Con... I will never betrayed my Nuer pples for sake of foods ya itta Nuerwew shokora Dinka’s worshippers... N I will assure u dinka dog that we are going to win this war, remember u re fighting hunger battalions in ur master sin city a war that will overcome all ur dirty asses since the Chinese rices is finishing...
        
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- 22 October 2017 05:23, by Newsudan
  
  John Akeen
  calm down brother, you’re talking like villager, state your points clearly not throwing words like that,SPLA will never be defeated, if they can’t do that in 1990s,what about now,a powerful army equipped with modern weapons, besides no SAF to fight alongside them.
  
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  - 22 October 2017 09:01, by Malakal county Simon
    
    Newsudan
    
    Is that why the SPLA tribal army of Unwanted President Kiir, cannot fights without UPDF and SPLA-North mercenaries alongside them right???? I wonder if the modern weapon will work without bravery heart?? Please think outside the box.. Don’t you think the same modern weapons when left behinds, we can uses against you too??
    
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    - 22 October 2017 10:26, by Newsudan
      
      Malakal county fool
      how many times do you needed to be told,to win a war, you must have as many allies as you can,read history of past conflict of world,For example During WW2,Allies win against Axis after US joined on side of allies.
      
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      - 22 October 2017 12:50, by Malakal county Simon
        
        Newsudan
        
        Internal war has nothing to do with WW2.... You dont need allies to kills your own people’s.... For you having UPDF fighting along sides, is cowardice act!!!!
        
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- 22 October 2017 08:44, by Malakal county Simon
  
  john akeen
  
  Don’t let’s your emotional control you, because now you have broke the rules of this forum by throwing abusive words...... Sudan Tribune, will probably suspend you if you’re lucky or cut you off for good for disobeying their code of conduct......
  
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- 22 October 2017 08:56, by chadoor weak
  
  in my Own point of view i think guys we should be more civilize when we address the national issues ,because what we say will affect the coming generation ,the abusive language we use today will inherit by the coming young generation ,and this will lead us no where ,south Sudan is for all of us ,yes differences are there ,but they should be the power to our unity not a division
  
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- 22 October 2017 09:19, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g
  
  Who are thieves? You know very well who are proven rapists, highway men, robbers and killers of South Sudanese right here in Juba. A case about that is standing in the court of Juba. What matters is the people of South Sudan should come and discus peace and move on.
  
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- 22 October 2017 10:17, by Wutkhor
  
  John Akeen little baboon
  Don’t defecates on ST stop ur abnormalities ya idiots jieng insects, ur senseless comment really attribute how ur dirty cow dunk brain has permanently damage, I use to state that all Dinka’s re like animals n they don’t deserve to live with pples so sharing same nationality with u thugs it’s a crimes itself, ur incapable mentally sick damage will not be heal coz u insult u
  
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- 22 October 2017 11:29, by Lotole Lo Luri
  
  john akeen,
  
  You need to understand that this forum includes well-learned and respectable people. Looks like you only know the (F...) word and nothing else. Experience tells us that whoever uses the (F...) word excessively is nothing but an empty barrel. Your place is not here as you lack moral values. Perhaps you should join your foul-mouthed women who post video clips on social media.
  
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22 October 2017 02:42, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g

John akin,

Shut up you filth from your muddy brain!! You about to witness the reality of your own word on you in the near future!!

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- 22 October 2017 03:36, by Don-Don Malith Rual
  
  War every around all corners of the South Sudan, it is going to be very hard if all factions had divided heard like this!
  Even though we solve one problem the other one will be still pending, they seem to be fighting for one objectives but it appears to Me that these groups have their own self interest of who is who in the zoo. This is going to be generational wars
  
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  - 22 October 2017 11:57, by Equatoria Koko
    
    Don -Don Malith Rual,
    
    "You ain’t seen nothing yet". The grandsons of those who started the war against the Jallaba are warming up.
    
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    - 22 October 2017 13:24, by Don-Don Malith Rual
      
      Equatoria Koko:what else has not been seen,and thousands of people have lost their dearly lives.
      This war will not have a winner neither a loser, it is a war of of no 👨 man winner
      
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- 22 October 2017 03:42, by Nairobimitot
  
  South Sudan government has passed the Test of intellectual governance. Nobody should negotiate with scattered rebels who are not organized. Let them put their house together and speak with one voice, and then they can come to their father to sit down and tell their stories. They have to come clean and make their father happy.
  
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  - 22 October 2017 08:51, by Malakal county Simon
    
    Nairobimitot
    
    It’s better to dies with dignity, than lives being humiliated...... Shame-on you slave...... Called him father, lick his dirty feet’s because you have no shame..... And I hope, you’re not one of those called Nuer weew otherwise, the God will punish you for betrayal!!!!!!
    
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  - 22 October 2017 12:50, by Lotole Lo Luri
    
    Nairobimitot,
    
    What test of intellectual governance you are referring to?!
    President Kiir is the second from the bottom of the least educated Presidents in the whole of Africa and probably the whole world.
    The guy is incoherent and would certainly struggle to get a decent job in a competitive environment.
    
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- 22 October 2017 04:58, by john akeen
  
  jur_likang_a_ likan’g
  fuck you, you stupid bitch, you Nuers of Riek Machar and Chulok of johnson OLing - Lam Akan and Pagan Amum will be finish soon
  
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  - 22 October 2017 07:17, by abrahamovic
    
    I agree 100% with the government
    we don’t have the really rebel in our country all we have are just bunch of thieves in the bush fought aimless rebellion without object. each had their own self interest all the want is power and they don’t want Dinka that hold it . but who had right to be handle this power that Dinka have on hand?? remember if Dinka give power to individual today they would regret
    
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    - 22 October 2017 07:31, by abrahamovic
      
      continue
      they will regret tomorrow because they don’t organized well
      poor coward terrorist of south Sudan!!!
      
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    - 22 October 2017 12:18, by Lotole Lo Luri
      
      abrahamovic,
      
      Your President, government and NLA are all illegitimate. Some in the opposition are participating in the negotiations simply to comply with the rules of the game. The ultimate goal is to remove the failed regime of SK and the JCE by all means.
      
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22 October 2017 10:27, by Wutkhor

The jce gangs n idiots shld keep their shits to themselves, their Nuerwew foods lovers n the few equotoria stomach gainers also but let them not attempt to defecates on us let them just point their dirties fingers on the like of ndm, nas, g9, fdpss, n that of bakasoro coz those guys got no bases in the grounds for our IO all Dinka’s insects knows us well how we teach them n we will keep give u ins

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- 22 October 2017 10:31, by Wutkhor
  
  Con... Our next move n targets if to capture Paloc get the oils close we will just watch the sin city burning with all insects will be on fire, we didn’t put Paloc as our targets be4 for sake of Sudan government since the US lifting the long economic sanctions on Sudan we will destroyed Paloc coz Sudan can borrow cash from the US when they re in need
  
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  - 22 October 2017 12:36, by Nairobimitot
    
    WutDual
    What are you smoking? The language that you are using is the language of a person who is sick and does not know what to do. You are jealous because I am in Juba sitting in a comfortable chair. Keep on being jealous and keep your stupidity going. You have a tribal mind, and that is why you are always going to be a failure.
    
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    - 22 October 2017 14:30, by Wutkhor
      
      Nairobimitot or ciethjiok
      Haaa whom re u fooling ya Dinka’s slave money lover, sitting comfortably " what a jokes when re u std followers will stop ur imagination? I knows the burning of the dirty sin city u re all in disarray for uncontrollable hunger ya gatjiok serious Nuerwew foods lovers.
      
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22 October 2017 12:06, by Adok son

We will look the world nowadays at this round table concerning South Sudan crises if they preferred weal/resources or they preferred the stability of the people.
The world of USA,UK and its allies is killing people through criminal leaders in Africa who gives them their interest.
We the people of south Sudan,we’re not expecting good things to happen on that coming peace unless USA agreed for it.

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22 October 2017 15:18, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam

Both government and rebels groups should be treated as a violated of peace groups
And therefore they both should be silent from South Sudan leadership otherwise.

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23 October 2017 09:05, by John Wetjunub

if that is the case, then those individuals who claim to be having their own forces on ground and yet they don’t have should attached them selves to IO of DR Risky and come up with one clear mission rather than more confusion and waste of time Idiots and mislead group.

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