The Nairobi-backed mediation for South Sudan is now facing a tight schedule of two weeks to come up with an agreement that would be acceptable to all parties, following four months of near-stall in the talks.
The mediation, commonly known as the Tumaini Peace Initiative between the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) and the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA), the armed groups who had stayed out of a 2018 peace deal, must come up with an agreement within 14 days as per the November 6 joint communique issued in Juba by presidents Salva Kiir and William Ruto.
