{"id":41837,"date":"2025-12-29T13:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=41837"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:13:53","slug":"activist-urges-govt-to-embrace-dialogue-to-end-more-splits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/activist-urges-govt-to-embrace-dialogue-to-end-more-splits\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist urges\u00a0gov\u2019t\u00a0to embrace dialogue to end more splits"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Yiep Joseph<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A civil society activist has called on the government, and the incumbent\u00a0government\u00a0in\u00a0particular, to embrace dialogue in order to prevent further splits.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the media, Edmund Yakani, the Executive Director for Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), urged the government to organized dialogue among South Sudanese.<\/p>\n

According to Yakani, such an initiative will reduce more splits and the formation of armed groups in the country.<\/p>\n

Yakini\u2019s statement followed the recent alleged report of one of the senior government officials forming his own party and army.<\/p>\n

According to the activist, the civil society has been calling on the government to embrace dialogue to address the issues in the country.<\/p>\n

He added that during dialogue all the burning issues are addressed and peace prevails among South Sudanese.<\/p>\n

Yakani urged the political elites to accept dialogue and ensure that the country does not split into small armed groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have multiple times said our early warnings indicate a chance of the country breaking down into pockets of armed groups that may be very hard to resolve or to bring to the same table in order to find an amicable solution to the political crisis in the country,\u201d Yakani said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why we have multiple times called for South Sudanese to South Sudanese dialogue to resolve the political crisis the country is facing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He called on South Sudanese to drop the idea of armed rebellion and rather focus on dialogue to address differences.<\/p>\n

Yesterday South Sudan faced another alleged rebellion two months after Nhial Deng Nhial quit the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Government (SPLM-IG) to form the South Sudan Salvation Movement (SSSM), citing a lack of leadership direction.<\/p>\n

Lt. Gen. Wilson Deng Kuoirot, the former Deputy Chief of General Staff (Operations) of the South Sudan People\u2019s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and former South Sudan\u2019s Ambassador to South Africa, was alleged to have declared the formation of the National Uprising Movement\/Army (NUM\/A) to challenge the transitional government.<\/p>\n

It was alleged that on 28 December 2025, Deng issued a sweeping statement highlighting the \u201cfailure\u201d of South Sudan\u2019s First Republic (2011\u20132025) and calling for the dissolution of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU).<\/p>\n

On October 15, 2025,\u00a0Nhial Deng Nhial, a senior member of South Sudan\u2019s ruling party, said he was freezing his membership and launching a new movement aimed at wresting control of the SPLM party from its current leadership, which he accused of betraying the country\u2019s founding ideals.<\/p>\n

In an 18-page declaration shared with the media, Nhial, a member of the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Political Bureau, delivered a sharp critique of President Salva Kiir\u2019s administration, accusing it of corruption, insecurity, and a refusal to hold long-delayed elections.<\/p>\n

The move marks a significant split within the upper ranks of the SPLM, which has ruled South Sudan since independence in 2011.<\/p>\n

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