South Sudan's Oil 'May Take Time to Resume' Due to Khartoum's 'Impossible' Demand, Kiir Says

26 November 2012

Juba — The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, warned on Monday that the lifeline of his country's nascent economy, oil exports, may take time to resume due to demands by neighboring Sudan that Juba disarms the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N)

Speaking at the opening session of the governors' forum at Freedom Hall in the capital Juba, Kiir described Khartoum's demand as impossible, saying that disarming the rebels is "not our responsibility"

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