South Sudan: President Kiir Accuses IGAD of Delaying Peace Deal

16 November 2014

Juba — South Sudan's president Salva Kiir on Friday accused the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) of allegedly delaying peace talks to end the country's 11-month-long conflict, which has killed thousand and displaced millions of people.

"Whenever we are about to reach a peace agreement, the IGAD imposes recess and holidays, this is why peace has not yet been signed. But we are committed as a government to bring peace to this country," said Kiir while inaugurating a new ward at Juba military hospital.

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