South Sudan Vice-President Dr Riek Machar Teny. PHOTO | FILE
Brinkmanship between South Sudan leader
Salva Kiir and his former Vice-President Riek Machar should not be
allowed to derail the pursuit for peace in that country.
It
is instructive that the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development has
given the two political foes four days to start peace talks, without
specifying what will happen if they don’t.
But it also
clear that the regional leaders will not countenance any move by Dr
Machar to take power by force, though, again they do not say what
exactly they will do to ensure a coup does not take place.
South
Sudan is a very fragile country at the moment after more than 20 years
of incessant warfare, and every effort must be made to bring Dr Machar
to the negotiation table without too many conditions.
But good faith is absolutely essential during such peace talks.
We hope that common sense prevails so the country does not plunge into total mayhem.
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