JUBA — South Sudan began Tuesday to draft a final constitution in the aim of cementing a fragile peace almost a decade after it won independence.
President Salva Kiir presided over a ceremony that launched the process, part of a peace deal reached with rival Riek Machar in 2018.
The world’s youngest country, South Sudan has been governed by provisional constitutions during the years of civil war that followed independence in July 2011.
“This workshop is to develop a roadmap for the permanent constitution of the Republic of South Sudan,” Kiir noted.
“It is absolutely critical that it reflects the aspirations of our people for freedom, equality, justice and prosperity for…
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