African head of states and other officials pose for a picture during the closing session of the ongoing South Sudan peace talks being held in Nairobi, Kenya on May 9, 2024. PHOTO | X via President William Ruto (@WilliamsRuto)
Kenya’s President William Ruto on Thursday launched a high-level mediation initiative for South Sudan dubbed “Tumaini”, [meaning hope in Swahili], at State House, Nairobi to complement the 2018 peace deal, and asked the parties to commit to end political instability in the country.
Chaired by mediator Major-Gen (rtd) Lazarus Sumbeiywo, the talks are between President Salva Kiir’s government and rebel opposition groups that were not part of the 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war.
