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South Sudan has failed to form a transitional government, despite a deadline agreed in a peace deal in August 2015, to end the civil war that began in 2013.
Although President Salva Kiir, has reservations about the deal, he appointed 28 new governors for additional provinces, from the original 10, just as rebel delegates arrived in the capital, Juba, to begin work on the new government.
South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir and his rival, former Vice President, Riek Machar, signed an accord in August to end fighting.
The deal stated that a transitional government would be created for a period of 30 months followed by an election.
Festus Mogae, the chair of the monitoring commission, said Kiir’s government would nominate 16 ministers, including the ministers for finance, defense and justice.
Machar’s SPLM/A would nominate 10 ministers to portfolios such as petroleum and interior which were reserved for his side.
The United Nations recently released a report, accusing both President Kiir, and his former deputy, Riek Machar’s rebels of mutual killings, including hundreds of extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, gang rapes, sexual slavery, forced abortion and massive child soldier recruitment.
Thousands of people have been killed in violence that resulted from President Kiir accusing Riek Machar of plotting a coup in 2013.
Millions more have been displaced.
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