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Vice-President of South Sudan Riek Machar (left) shakes hands with President Salva Kiir after the formation of a new cabinet in Juba on April 29, 2016.PHOTO | AFP
What you need to know:
- CAR plunged into chaos and sectarian violence in March 2013 after Muslim Seleka rebels toppled the then President Francois Bozize.
US said South Sudan risked punishment by the international community over the slow progress in the implementation of the peace agreement.
LUANDA, Tuesday
Angola and Egypt will lobby other non-permanent members of the UN Security Council to lift sanctions imposed on the Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan, an official has said.
Angolan Foreign minister Georges Chikoti said Egypt had sent a delegate to Luanda over the issue.
Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay and Venezuela are the other UN Security Council non- permanent members.
“Angola, while chairing the ICGLR, is with Egypt for the process of lifting sanctions on CAR and South Sudan,” the state-owned jornal de Angola quoted Mr Chikoti Monday as saying.
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region comprises 12 states; including Angola, Burundi, CAR and Congo-Brazzaville.
Other ICGLR members are the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.
Angola is holding the ICGLR presidency. The CAR and South Sudan membership of the ICGLR was under international community sanctions.
CAR plunged into chaos and sectarian violence in March 2013 after Muslim Seleka rebels toppled the then President Francois Bozize, forcing him to flee.
Last month, the US said South Sudan risked punishment by the international community over the slow progress in the implementation of the peace agreement signed last year by its two rival factions.
