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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) Kitgwang faction led by General Simon Gatwech Dual has been invited to join the ongoing Nairobi peace talks, a senior official said.<\/p>\n

Jordan Manpiny, head of the SPLM-IO Kitgwang foreign relations committee, told Sudan Post in a phone interview on Thursday that they received the invitation from Kenyan mediators three days prior.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, this is to confirm that SPLM\/SPLA (IO) Kitgwang has received an invitation from the Kenyan government for us to join the Nairobi initiative,\u201d Manpiny said.<\/p>\n

He elaborated that the leadership is carefully considering the invitation before responding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe invitation was delivered about three days ago and the leadership is now deliberating on that invitation and will respond to it very soon. We are not under pressure because we must consider the entire peace process before making our final response,\u201d Manpiny explained.<\/p>\n

Manpiny reiterated the group\u2019s longstanding commitment to achieving lasting peace through a genuine process.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs has been the case always, the SPLM\/SPLA (IO) Kitgwang has been for peace, and we will never shy away from any initiative that aims to bring genuine peace to our people,\u201d Manpiny said.<\/p>\n

The invitation, if accepted by the SPLM-IO Kitgwang faction, would increase the number of opposition groups participating in the Nairobi talks to at least nine.<\/p>\n

Civil society organizations are also involved in the discussions.<\/p>\n

Currently, eight non-signatory opposition groups are already part of the process. These groups are divided between two alliances: the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) and the South Sudan National Unity Alliance (SSUNA).<\/p>\n

A faction of SSOMA led by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka and Emmanuel Ajawin has also been invited to the Nairobi talks, but they have not yet responded.<\/p>\n

Their reasons for not participating include security concerns and issues related to the Rome peace initiative.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) Kitgwang faction led by General Simon Gatwech Dual has been invited to join the ongoing Nairobi peace talks, a senior official said. Jordan Manpiny, head of the SPLM-IO Kitgwang foreign relations committee, told Sudan Post in a phone interview on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-58455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nSPLM-IO Kitgwang invited to Nairobi peace talks - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) Kitgwang faction led by G ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SPLM-IO Kitgwang invited to Nairobi peace talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) Kitgwang faction led by G ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-17T15:23:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-17T15:46:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/05\/sm_1715948044.28294.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"526\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"SPLM-IO Kitgwang invited to Nairobi peace talks\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-17T15:23:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-17T15:46:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/05\/sm_1715948044.28294.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-kitgwang-invited-to-nairobi-peace-talks\",\"name\":\"SPLM-IO Kitgwang invited to Nairobi peace talks - 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