Kiir has connections....
"John Kerry gets commitment on peace talks from South Sudan leader" by Michael R. Gordon | New York Times May 03, 2014
JUBA, South Sudan — US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that he had secured a commitment from Salva Kiir, South Sudan’s president, to open talks with the former vice president who is leading a rebellion against him. The negotiations could take place early next week.
After meeting with Kiir, Kerry said the South Sudan leader had promised to “take forceful steps” to carry out a cease-fire agreement that the two sides had negotiated in January but promptly ignored, and to begin a discussion on a transitional government.
The talks are to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the auspices of that country’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn.
Riek Machar, the rebel leader, had previously signaled to the Ethiopians that he was prepared to attend. Kerry said he planned to call Machar later Friday.
I wonder what he said to him.
Kerry’s visit to South Sudan comes as violence has soared, efforts to deliver humanitarian aid have been frustrated and there are increasing reports of human rights abuses, including sexual violence and the recruitment of child soldiers.
“Already thousands of innocent people have been killed, more than a million people have been displaced,” said Kerry, who added that South Sudan could face “major famine” in the months ahead.
Not exactly the next Rwanda, but....
“If both sides do not take steps in order to reduce or end the violence, they literally put their entire country in danger,” Kerry said.
Providing new details about efforts to beef up a U.N. peacekeeping force, Kerry said he expected 2,500 African troops to be deployed in the coming weeks and that a new U.N. Security Council resolution would first need to be adopted.
Oh, that is what this is about. Globalists getting a further foothold in Africa.
“We do need to secure an additional United Nations Security Council mandate,” he said. “I hope it can be done quickly.”
Kerry acknowledged that the 2,500 troops that had been promised in his discussions with African leaders was about half of what many experts had expected.
“It may be that depending on the situation more will have to be contemplated,” he added. “But for the moment that is the limit. That is what’s being talked about.”
South Sudan became the African Union’s 54th member in July 2011, achieving its independence after decades of struggle with the strong backing of the United States.
Yeah, but don't tell that to the Crimea.
When one looks further one can see why W was applauded for diplomacy in designing the independence referendum. You split off the oil from Sudan, have a base to run weapons in the region, and get your guy into the office of president.
In December 2013, Kiir accused Machar, whom he had dismissed from his post in July, of mounting a coup. Machar, who had suggested that he might challenge Kiir for the leadership of their party, has denied the allegation.
Kiir and Machar agreed to a cease-fire in January, but it was never put into effect.
The conflict has often been seen as a clash between Kiir’s Dinka tribe and Machar’s Nuer tribe. But aides to Kerry assert it is, at its core, a struggle for power between two ruthless politicians.
That is usually what it always is despite the Zionist narrative of raging sectarianism.
“It is clear that Riek Machar and Salva Kiir do not have their country’s best good in their hearts,” said a State Department official, who could not be identified under the agency’s protocol for briefing reporters. “This is not a battle Nuer against Dinka. It is a Riek Machar-Salva Kiir battle, and they have used ethnic tensions and their own ethnicity to foment what has been a horrific war in this country.”
Looks like AmeriKa's Zionist-controlled political puppets -- if I may be so bold, sir.
U.S. officials say they were aware early on of tensions between Kiir and his former vice president but never anticipated that it would turn into a full-fledged civil war.
The rise in violence has become a major worry for U.S. lawmakers, some of whom say that the Obama administration has been slow to impose the economic sanctions it had threatened to enact.
They are too busy writing the ones against Russia right now.
President Barack Obama issued an executive order on April 3 that provides the legal authorization for sanctions, including a travel ban and the freezing of any assets in the United States against individuals who are responsible for fighting. But it has yet to impose any of the sanctions.
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He still might be on his way out; it is all about the pipelines and power.
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Also see: Sudanese Sequel
This blog is lost.
"John Kerry says stronger steps needed for security in Africa" by Lara Jakes | Associated Press May 04, 2014
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday the United States is ready to help increase its ties with Africa, but nations across the continent must take stronger steps to ensure security and democracy for its people.
(Blog editor snorts in exasperation)
In an Africa policy address to members of the Addis Ababa diplomatic corps and the Young Africa leader network, Kerry highlighted crises in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, and the Central African Republic and urged Africans to demand stability and financial development.
He called for an expansion of American investment in Africa and noted that US companies IBM, Microsoft, and Google already have spent more than $100 million on projects across the continent.
‘‘So this is clearly a moment of opportunity for all Africans,’’ Kerry told about 100 Ethiopians at an environmentally friendly auditorium on a mountaintop. ‘‘It is also a moment of decision.’’
What was he doing in homophobic Ethiopia? Has AmeriKa abandoned Africa's gays?
The Obama administration has sought to expand US private investments in Africa, and last year financed about $1 billion to support American businesses across the continent, including an estimated $650 million in sub-Saharan Africa.
I wonder how many millions China spent upgrading infrastructure rather than striking it with drones and sending in hit squads to kill people.
Elizabeth Littlefield, president and chief executive of the US Overseas Private Investment Corp., described Africa as the world’s next front for development, largely in part because of a huge rise in the continent’s middle class.
That means WARS are COMING TO YOU!
Oh, wait, there are already loads of wars raging on the continent.
She said the number of African households with disposable income will double over the next decade.
That must be where the money and jobs are going, Americans.
Africa has the natural resources, capacity, and the know-how for economic development, Kerry said, adding that the United States is the continent’s ‘‘natural partner.’’
Yeah, it's all about corporate exploitation of those resources!
He said that over the next three years, 37 of the 54 African nations will hold national elections with millions of voters going to the polls.
What good are elections anymore when the candidates are pre-$elected and the vote rigged? Nothing more than a formal endorsement tyrants can point to as validation by the masses.
And he called on Africans to combat the political corruption that the African Union says has cost the people of Africa tens of billions of dollars.
That's the all-time champ in political corruption lecturing you there!
‘‘That money could build new schools and hospitals, new roads and bridges, new pipes and power lines. That’s why it’s a responsibility for citizens in Africa and in all nations to demand that public money is providing services for all, not lining the pockets of a few,’’ Kerry told the gathering.
Did he say that with a straight face? Are you f***ing kidding?
Combating corruption, he said, ‘‘lifts more than a government’s balance sheet.’’
But Kerry warned that ‘‘a new Africa’’ cannot emerge without becoming ‘‘a more secure Africa.’’
‘‘In too many parts of the continent, a lack of security, the threat of violence, or all-out war prevent even the first shoots of prosperity from emerging. The burdens of past divisions might never be completely eliminated but they must never be allowed to bury the future,’’ he said.
Kerry also warned of the dangers of climate change, noting that according to a recent UN report parts of Mombasa, Dakar, Monrovia, and dozens of coast African cities could be under water by the middle of the century.
How did you get over there, asshole?
‘‘Africa has 60 percent of the world’s arable land. That is a tremendous opportunity for the future, not just to feed Africa’s people, but to feed the world,’’ he said. But because of climate change and global warming, yields from rain-fed agriculture in parts of Africa could decline by half.
He doesn't have to worry about his taxpayer-supplied meals, and maybe Africa should feed itself first.
‘‘When 97 percent of scientists agree that the climate is changing, that it is happening faster than they even predicted, and that humans are the significant cause, let me tell you something, we need to listen. We need to act,’’ he said.
That is when you HIT the BRAKES!
I'm about ready to sanction him from this blog. Star got a little tainted, 'eh?
South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, said Saturday that he is ready to meet with his former vice president, now a rebel leader, to promote peace in the country.
Pfft!
According to Kenya’s presidential press office, Kiir told Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda late Friday that he will talk with rebel leader Riek Machar. The three presidents were attending a regional infrastructure meeting.
Kiir flew to Kenya Friday after meeting Kerry in South Sudan’s capital, Juba.
Yeah, thanks for adding to the global warming problem.
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I'm so glad I did not purcha$e a Boston Sunday Globe today.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"John Kerry urges Congolese leader not to run again" New York Times May 05, 2014
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to respect his nation’s constitution and not run for another term in 2016.
There has been speculation among the political opposition that President Joseph Kabila might seek to have the Constitution amended so that he could run for a third term.
Kabila has been in office since 2001.
“Clearly, the United States believes that a country is strengthened, that people have respect for their nation and their government, when a constitutional process is properly implemented and upheld by that government,” Kerry said.
He obviously hasn't taken a good look at the behavior and conduct of his own nation.
“He has an opportunity, which he understands, to be able to put the country on a continued path to democracy,” he added.
Kabila had no comment on Kerry’s appeal and has not said whether he might seek to have the constitution changed.
Kerry said the United States would contribute $30 million to help Congo hold elections.
Are you flipping kidding me? In this age of sequestration and austerity at home they have $30 million to fix elections in the Congo?
Much of the money will be provided to nongovernmental organizations, but about $2 million will probably be provided to the nation’s electoral commission.
Like AID?
The secretary of state arrived here after visiting Ethiopia and South Sudan. He plans to finish his trip with talks in Angola with President José Eduardo dos Santos.
What was the fart-misting carbon footprint on all that hypocritical spew?
Kerry, who has promoted the importance of democratic values during a swing through Africa, met Sunday morning with Kabila at his white marble presidential palace to discuss political and security issues.
Even Africa has wealth inequality, something Kerry wouldn't remark upon for obvious reasons.
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Looks to me like the guy has a choice: leave at US prompting or be forcibly removed by covert coup.
