South Sudan has hired U.S. lobbyists to help it reverse U.S. sanctions and stop ...
NAIROBI - South Sudan has hired U.S. lobbyists to help it reverse U.S. sanctions and stop the establishment of a court meant to prosecute war crimes, a document showed - a move rights groups said could undermine victims seeking justice.
The government and Gainful Solutions did not immediately respond to email and phone requests for comment. South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 and collapsed into ethnically-charged civil war two years later, in fighting fueled by rivalry between President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar. U.N. agencies have accused troops loyal to both Kiir and Machar of atrocities during the conflict - accusations that both sides have regularly denied.“The hybrid court would try those most responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious crimes,” said Sarah Jackson, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes.
After a string of failed ceasefires, both sides finally agreed a deal in September under which the factions are meant to form a unity government by May 12 - though Machar told Reuters this month the deadline would be missed because pre-conditions had not been met.
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