Sudanese Civil War with No Cease Fires In Sight....

This has been going on since I was a kid, LITERALLY! But I noticed that every time I tried to get ANYBODY to answer me on what was really happening and why? Nobody ever had answers. There was little to no concern and many of my teachers were shocked when I was a little boy that I was tracking things like the Sudanese War and the Iran and Iraq War.

Here is the article;

South Sudan war: a long list of broken deals

 

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File photo taken on February 10, 2015 shows child soldiers, preparing to lay down their arms at a disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration ceremony in Pibor, South Sudan, overseen by UNICEF and partners (AFP Photo/Charles Lomodong)

Addis Ababa (AFP) - South Sudan's civil war broke out on December 15, 2013. Since then a series of ceasefire agreements and power-sharing deals have been agreed and subsequently broken.

As international pressure grows ahead of an August 17 deadline to strike a deal at peace talks in Ethiopia, here is a list of the key agreements between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar.

-- 2014 --

January 23: Celebrations as Kiir and Machar sign their first ceasefire, agreed in Ethiopia and mediated by east Africa's eight-member IGAD bloc. It is broken shortly after.

May 9: Kiir and Machar pray together, as mediators in Addis Ababa hail a deal "ending the war."

August 25: Amid IGAD sanction warnings, Kiir and Machar ink another ceasefire in Addis Ababa, along with a deal to forge a unity government within 45 days.

October 20: In the Tanzanian town of Arusha, Kiir and Machar accept "collective responsibility" for the war, and call again for peace.

November 8: An "unconditional, complete and immediate end to all hostilities" is agreed by the rivals in Addis Ababa. It lasts a few hours.

-- 2015--

January 21: Kiir and Machar promise to make a "public apology" for the war and recommit to a ceasefire.

February 1: Another ceasefire commitment, and a deadline set of March 5 to agree a final peace deal and establish a transitional government.

June 27: Kiir and Machar meet for five hours in Kenya, but sign no deal.

August 6: Talks resume in Addis Ababa, ahead of an August 17 deadline. Fighting continues.