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South Sudan Misses Deadline to Form New Parliament

Waakhe Simon Wudu

   JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN - Parties to South Sudan's revitalized peace deal
   missed a regional deadline Sunday to dissolve and reconstitute
   parliament.

   A July 14 communiqué by East African bloc IGAD (Inter-Governmental
   Authority on Development), which mediated South Sudan's peace
   agreement, called on President Salva Kiir to dissolve the current
   National Legislative Assembly by July 26.

   A partial unity government was formed five months ago, but parliament
   has yet to be reconstituted and Kiir appointed state governors just a
   few weeks ago.

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