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IGAD threatens Kiir, Machar with asset freeze, travel ban if they don't
stop South Sudan conflict By Alphonce Shiundu Updated Saturday, November
8th 2014 at 17:32 GMT
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his political opponent Riek Machar
will have their assets frozen if they fail to stop fighting and killings in
the country that has been in turmoil over the past one year. Kiir and
Machar will also be banned from travelling within the region, plus they
will be subjected to an arms' blockade. They will also not access any
supplies "that could be used in war".
These are the full list of sanctions that regional leaders have placed on
the table to deter the two protagonists from breaking the ceasefire.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) came to the decision
after a two-day meeting in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. "This conflict has to
come to an end. We need to focus our attention and resources on development
and not on endless conflicts," said President Uhuru Kenyatta, who has been
the pointman in getting Machar and Kiir off the battlefields.
IGAD chairman Hailemariam Dessalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, hosted
six other Presidents from the region, in talks that decided that Kiir and
Machar have to agree on how to end the conflict and get a political deal.
Dessalegn, Kiir (South Sudan), Kenyatta (Kenya), Yoweri Museveni (Uganda),
Ismail Guelleh (Djibouti), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somalia) together with
chairperson of the African Union commission Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
granted Kiir and Machar 15 more days to go back and explain to their
supporters why they needed to end the hostilities. "The Parties commit to
an unconditional, complete and immediate end to all hostilities, and to
bring the war to an end, as of the date of this Resolution. The Parties
further commit to the immediate cessation of the recruitment and
mobilisation of civilians," the regional heads said in a joint communique
issued Friday night at Addis Ababa.
The regional heads, who met together with key emissaries from the United
Nations, China, Denmark, Japan, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the
United States and Norway, also warned Kiir and Machar that the regional
countries will step in at any time to quell the fighting. "The IGAD region
shall, without further reference to the warring Parties, take the necessary
measures to directly intervene in South Sudan to protect life and restore
peace and stability," the communique noted.
The IGAD bosses added: "Should it be necessary to implement these measures,
the IGAD region calls on the Peace and Security Council of the African
Union, the Security Council of the United Nations, and the entire
international community, to render all possible assistance in the
implementation of these measures." IGAD's executive secretary Mahboubd
Maalim, and special envoys Seyoum Mesfin (Ethiopia), Lazarus Sumbeiywo
(Kenya) and Gen. Mohammed Ahmed MustafaEl Dabi (Sudan).
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