Addis Ababa/Juba, January 9, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s armed opposition (SPLM/A-IO) on Monday accused Cairo and Juba of working on a secret deal to keep South Sudanese President Salva Kiir in power, a senior SPLM-IO official told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
The allegation surfaced just hours after kiir landed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for talks with his Egyptian counterpart President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
However, South Sudanese rebels say South Sudan and Egypt have been in talks for sometimes and that the main player in these secret negotiations is Uganda, citing an intelligence source. The SSNA understands that El-Sisi visited Uganda on December 18, 2016.
The rebel official who asked not to be identified in the report because of the sensitivity of the issue explained that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has brokered a “dirty deal” which would allow Kiir to receive lethal weapons and ammunition from Egypt to wage a full-scale war against the armed opposition.
“There is a dirty deal going between Kiir and El-Sisi,” the source said, adding that “the issue of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is one of the main deals being finalized in Cairo.”
“Our intelligence sources in Kampala and Juba confirmed that Egypt wants South Sudan and Uganda to be her regional allies so that she can advance its covert sabotage campaign against the Ethiopian Dam. The man [Kiir] is a double agent; he will cause many problems for the entire East Africa region,” asserted the source.
One of the SPLM/A-IO leaders in Cairo also told the South Sudan News Agency that some areas in Cairo where South Sudanese live have witnessed increased police activities in recent days. The source stated that Kiir and El-Sisi three-day meeting is all about Egypt’s interests in East Africa, military deal though Uganda, and ways to maintain peace in South Sudan in case if the current Transitional Government of National Unity collapses. The source went further, saying Kiir asked El-Sisi to help strengthen relations between Khartoum and juba so that he could further isolate South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar.
Egypt announced that Kiir is set to meet with El-Sisi to discuss bilateral relations and issues related to the Nile Basin.
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Then good news for Machar,he can open his headquarters office
we Ethiopian’s wishes for south Sudanese a blow of a peace wind all over the country. This is what we need, we don’t want to see the crying face of S.sudanese mothers and children’s the blood shed of youngsters, our enemy is poverty we knows how much we suffer, we don’t need to happen on us again and our neighbors, we are struggling for that, those standing on opposite to us are our enemies, we never let them to hurt our children.
@Andenet, thanks u… we are all one people and one tribe. God blessed Ethiopia as well.
Hi Mr president. We need federal system in southsudan and that is a way you will see who are the always cause the war in the country because any state will take of their state. That’s my opinion to help your government.
You keeping fighting is not a solution to solve the problem of southsudan. You have to come out with good idea that can make sense to people of southsudan because you’re the president of the country.
Tomorrow if you give speed about federal system in the country and you will see the place will come but if you say not federal system in the country.I see the place will not come because all people of equatorial now need federal system.
Can anything good come from Warrap? If you can not manage your flock of animals at home …can you manage a country with diverse ethnicity like South Sudan?
If.. in ten years of rulling a country , you are unable to provide a pit- latrine to your own people of WARRAP …will you be able to do it for the rest of the country ? Every thing starts at home …socialization, Education, ..leadership..bla..bla..bla
fedarel government has no solution if s .sudanese are not able to forgive each other.
Am not plize with what the neighbouring countries are doing instead of helping kiir to accept peace and giving him war tactics
The evil is in Addis ababa (ethiopian government ) has to be dismantled from power.then east africa will be peacefull.
you mean desmantel Ethiopia becouse of GERD and the Nile water?
That what you wish Hussien? go and tell to your terrorist group, we are strong to defend ourselves and our brother in South Sudan. Peace and prosperity for the two brotherly countries Ethiopia and South Sudan.
You have made some decent points there. I checked on the net to find out more about the issue and found most people will go along with this info on this site.
South Sudan has very poor intelligence system, If Kiir try to betray his neighbor that’s is the last kick of his regime, he should not temper, Ethiopia know what is going on between Egypt and three countries (Sudan S. Sudan and Uganda about African resistance Damp, they allowed Egyptian intelligence to spy on how to strick the dam through South Sudan territory
South sudan government wants to help egypt regarding the GERD dam. Let me tell u one thing, Egypt is the snake here, do not trust egypt. do not forget one time they want to drain Sud with canal to egypt, they will do anything to keep the black africans in war because thats the only way they think they can have nile forever. One advice for south sudan do not make a historical mistake by waging war with ethiopia by supporting the oppositions (terrorists) and egypt, we are brothers we share the same border we have same colour and we share a lot of social, economical and political relations. It is always good to cooperate peacefully and work for our country to get out of poverty, u have oil, we have electricity so we can trade by building rail between us. we can trade agricultural commodities, manufacturing outputs and also share experience in every aspect with respect to each other. please do not forget all the positive things i said earlier and let me tell u one thing, we know gov and people thinks differently if the south sudan gov acts and wage war on ethiopia, we can also play dirty games with u and trust me with a weak divided people like urs it takes small time but thats not our intention, we prefer love, working together and Christianity.
It will be grave mistake if south Sudan decided to play Egyptian dirty game against Ethiopia. There will be a serious consequence south Sudan never seen before. It is time to be wise!!!
I wish that president Kiir will not miscalculate and be sucidal. In case, his excellency might miscalculate and tries to use it to divert the domestic political demands, he will have a rude awakening. That awakening will surely throw all the contribution of Kiir in to the dustbin of history.
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