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Remember PM Abiy said it will take 3 weeks .......

South Sudan ex-rebels take seats in parliament (BBC World Service)

A new session of parliament has just begun in South Sudan which for the first time since the civil war comprises members of the governing party as well as former rebels.

The creation of an all-inclusive national assembly was a key part of the 2018 peace deal that ended five years of war in which nearly 400,000 people died.

The National Assembly now has 588 MPs from the governing party and rebel factions that signed the peace deal.

Moderating the debate is the country's first female speaker, Jemma Nunu Kumba.

But the pace of progress has been slow since the 2018 ceasefire that ended the war.

There’s still no unified army which is dangerous. And there have been calls for protests with some saying the political leaders have failed and must be replaced.

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In south sudan there were only two fighting parties and both were willing to sit down and negotiate. So after intense negotiations, relative peace has been achieved.

In the case of Ethiopia, there are multiple parties fighting or about to start fighting. On top of that resource is so scared more fighting for any remaining resources will start soon. So if the woyane is not stopped now with serious negotiations, the conflicts will spiral out control even for UN and US to have any significance to bring about peace through negotiations.

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True. The war is getting uglier and uglier by the day.