South Sudanese nationals are calling for intensified action to ensure the peace deal signed last month is fully implemented.
The country’s warring factions signed a revitalized peace agreement on 30 August, aimed at ending the five-year-conflict.
Juba residents have expressed optimism over the deal, hoping it brings an end to the killings and displacements that have become all too familiar in the world’s youngest nation.
“What we need to see is implementation, whether they are going to implement the peace, where no war again will erupt, where no more death again will happen, no more girls will be raped, where all young people will be given equal rights, that’s what we want to see,” Emmanuel Ngungu, a resident of the capital, said.
The country’s conflict broke out in December 2013, sparked by a feud between President Salva Kiir and his then deputy Riek Machar.
The fighting has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions others, with efforts to end it earlier resulting only in failure.
The new agreement will see the formation of a unity government that incorporates opposition. Also, the opposition forces will be incorporated into the army to ensure a unity army.
