South Sudan Parliament Ratifies Cooperation Agreement With Sudan Amid Protest

16 October 2012

Juba — Amid public dissent the South Sudan parliament ratified a cooperation agreement which president Salva Kiir with his norther counterpart, Omar al-Bashir signed on September 27 in the Ethiopian capital of Addis.

An overwhelming majority ,189 Members of Parliament (MP), voted to ratify the deal in its entirety on Tuesday and 15 members approved it with reservations seeking removal of the 14 mile area from the Safe Demilitarized Buffer Zone (SDBZ), in order to keep the South Sudanese army in the area.

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