Top presidency officials warn South Sudan risk returning to full-scale conflict

JUBA – A group of South Sudan presidency aides have warned that the world’s youngest country risk returning to a full-scale conflict urging President Salva Kiir Mayardit to take immediate actions to make sure that this do not happen.

“We have always drawn the attention of our leaders to what happens in other countries. We do that to inform their decisions and to enhance their leadership strengths,” the group tof presidential advisors told Sudan Tribune.

“We drew their attention to events in Haiti where the president was assassinated and Khartoum where president Bashir was removed from power as well as in Zimbabwe where late president Robert Mugabe was removed from power by his own colleagues after showing intransigence to the demand of the people,” they said.

The group, assembled by the office of the president through the director of the national security services, is drawn from academics, members of the civil society, experienced politicians, and elders come together whenever there is a crisis at the behest of the leadership to conduct analysis and make recommendation.

“People are watching developments unfolding in Afghanistan where Talibans have taken over power from the government after twenty years of struggle and in Zambia after the incumbent president was defeated in elections,” they said.

“These are writings on the walls which we share in the strategic and confidential discussions with the leadership but the analyses we are asked to provide on their requests appear to go to the dustbin and there are indicators that the country could return to a full-scale war if there are no immediate actions to salvage the situation, they warned.