The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) faction, led by Gen. Thomas Cirillo, in a statement released yesterday welcomed last week’s renewal of the arms embargo on South Sudan by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The Troika (USA, UK, and Norwegian) envoys in South Sudan have urged the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) and the government to cease hostilities and return to the negotiating table, SSOMA led by General Thomas Cirillo said in a statement on Monday.
<p>May 28, 2021 (JUBA) - The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) rejected a premature Workshop on Permanent Constitution Making in South Sudan, saying it would only reflect the view of the regime.</p>
Talks with holdout groups to resume in June -Sant Egidio
The secretary-general of the Community of Sant Egidio, Paolo Impagliazzo says talks between the South Sudan government and holdout opposition parties will resume in June in Rome, Italy, though specific dates are yet to be set.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj this week, Impagliazzo said talks with the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) led by Gen. Thomas Cirillo scheduled for early this month were postponed following the death of the rebel General Abraham Wani and other security concerns. That is why we are still in discussion with the representatives of SSOMA to set up a new date for the dialogue. Of course security concerns but also the discuss outstanding issues on the declaration of principles that the government of South Sudan and SSOMA discussed last December. We have to take some steps forward to achieve the declaration of principles, he said.
File photo: Thomas Cirillo
The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) affiliated with Gen. Thomas Cirillo have said that they were going to boycott the Rome peace talks which were slated to commence May 8, 2021.
A statement by SSOMA seen by Radio Tamazuj over the weekend read in part, “SSOMA would like to inform its supporters, the people of South Sudan, and the International community that we will not take part in the upcoming scheduled round of peace talks in Rome until further notice.”
The grouping of opposition and rebel outfits attributed their latest decision to the alleged assassination of General Abraham Wana Yoane, the Chief of General Staff of the rebel South Sudan National Movement for Change/Army (SSNMC/A), who was attacked in his house in Kampala on the night of 20 April, beaten and left for dead.