Ministerial posts will be shared between the government and rebels, President Salva Kiir announced on Friday. The power-sharing arrangement is part of a peace deal signed last August and is a step towards ending the country’s civil war. As part of the agreement, 10 ministries will be handed over to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by former vice president Riek Machar. Another two ministries will be given to the so-called SPLM former detainees – politicians who were jailed at the outbreak of fighting and later released – and 16 ministries will be retained by the government. No timeline has been provided as to when ministers will take up their posts. The announcement of ministerial posts is a key part of the creation of a national unity government. Some fighting still continues in South Sudan despite the agreement on sharing ministerial portfolios. Tens of thousands of people have been killed in fighting during the two-year conflict with more than two million people forced from their homes and more than four million in need of emergency food aid. Both sides have also been accused of perpetrating ethnic massacres, recruiting and killing children as well as carrying out widespread rape and torture.
President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar exchange Cessation of Hostilities agreement on 9 May 2014 in Addis Ababa.
Photo: AFP/Zacharias AbubekerStandard
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