Ceasefire in South Sudan violated in a few hours | New

DUBLIN – South Sudanese government troops violated the country's last ceasefire a few hours after starting at midnight, Saturday announced the armed opposition, while a spokesman for the south Government accused the rebels of attacking. start the last attempt to end a devastating five-year civil war that has left tens of thousands dead and created the biggest refugee crisis in Africa since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Millions are close to starvation and delivery of aid is often stuck in one of the most dangerous countries for aid workers.

President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar, former vice president of Kiir, agreed on a permanent ceasefire. week in neighboring Sudan after their first face-to-face interviews in nearly two years. Opposition spokesman Lam Paul Gabriel said government forces and Sudanese rebel militias had launched a "joint attack" in Mboro, Wau County, in the northwest, around 7 pm hours of the morning. "The fight is still going on as I write," said Gabriel, calling on the UN peacekeeping mission and the ceasefire observers to investigate. The opposition reserved the right to self-defense, he added.

"It is disappointing that even when their President and Commander-in-Chief Salva Kiir declares a ceasefire, regime forces continue to violate it" Associated Press. "It is possible that Salva Kiir does not control his forces or that he does not want peace to come."

Ateny Wek Ateny, spokesman for the South Sudanese government, told AP that the opposition had rather attacked. they are not controlled by anyone, the people of South Sudan should have the opportunity to lead a peaceful life and the army observes the order of the president, it is very sad, "said Ateny. The previous ceasefire in December was violated in a matter of hours, prompting the international community to threaten UN and regional sanctions against those blocking the path to peace.

This time, Kiir and Machar embargo and sanctions if the fighting did not stop and that a political agreement was not reached on Saturday.

The rapid violations of the ceasefire are "a tradition, no not because the two main do not want to materialize their words but because they are mostly not in direct co. The activist and South Sudanese badyst Jon Pen of Ngong told AP. implemented is weakened because not all armed forces are involved in the negotiations he said,

The two sides separate, the opposition splitting into several armed groups and senior officials leave the government, frustrated by surveillance groups. some decision makers choose to take advantage of the war instead of pushing for peace. – (AP)