The United States recalled their ambassador to South Sudan for "Revisit" relations with this country at war, announced the US State Department, Monday, November 25. Ambassador Thomas Hushek is recalled "For consultations related to the recent failure of the parties to form an interim government of national unity"said spokeswoman for American diplomacy Morgan Ortagus in a statement. "We are reviewing our relationship with the Government of South Sudan"tweeted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar had until Nov. 12 to overcome their differences and form the national unity government meant to prevent this young, independent state from reintegrating into a large-scale conflict. But they failed and set a new deadline of 100 days to achieve it. As the deadline approaches, the United States, which was one of the main supporters of South Sudan's independence in 2011, showed its impatience, letting threaten sanctions if leaders failed to form the government.
"Basically, they do not do anything"
Washington has "Many tools at his disposal and we will not hesitate to use them"In mid-November, he warned the head of the State Department in charge of Africa, Tibor Nagy. "The two leaders, and I use quotation marks when I talk about leaders, are clearly quite satisfied with the current situationhe had lamented. The international community provides food, medicine and all the necessities of life that are normally the responsibility of governments. Basically, they do not do anything. " The United States donates about $ 1 billion (more than € 900 million) a year to Juba, mostly in humanitarian aid.
This is not the first time Salva Kiir and Riek Machar have failed to implement a peace agreement they themselves signed. The mistrust between the two men is deep: the war broke out in December 2013 when Mr. Kiir, a Dinka, accused Mr. Machar, then his vice president, a member of the Nuer ethnic group, of fomenting a coup d'état . The conflict, marked by mass atrocities, killed some 380,000 people and forced 4 million people to flee their homes.
