South Sudan peace monitors fault military defections for derailing ceasefire implementation
South Sudan’s ceasefire monitoring body said Friday that recent and past defections of military officers from the opposition are derailing the implementation of the security arrangement that includes the graduation of the unified forces. Teshome Gemechu Aderie, Chairperson of the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) said that the recent splinter within the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A-IO) under First Vice President Riek Machar has disrupted the ongoing plans to pass out the …
