South Sudan’s 2018 force unification ‘sorely late’
Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission Chairperson Maj Gen Charles Tai Gituai (R) addressing a conference on transitional justice mechanisms in the Republic of South Sudan in Freedom Hall, Juba on May 15, 2023. PHOTO | X via @RJMECsouthsudan
South Sudan’s programme to unify forces from various militia is sorely late, an assessment by the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) shows.
Maj-Gen Charles Tai Gituai told a meeting in Juba on Thursday the delays could eat into other plans including a transition to a new government through elections scheduled for next year.
