July 15, 2024 (JUBA)- South Sudan government and the holdout groups not signatory to the September 2018 peace agreement on Monday agreed on eight protocols, raising prospect of a possible agreement in the coming days. Members of civil society organizations, faith-based groups, opinion leaders, and other stakeholders inked the agreement before the team of mediators.  The issues for which 8 protocols have been signed are some of the key issues that have been part of the negotiations in the Tumaini Initiative in Nairobi, Kenya. The 25-page document, also obtained by Sudan Tribune, provides details of an inclusive governance structure and responsibility sharing among the government, opposition groups, and other stakeholders, covering areas such as executive roles, legislature, security, constitutional processes, and elections management. Titled “Tumaini Consensus for Sustainable Peace in South Sudan”, the document contains some guiding principles on humanitarian access, and support, trust, and confidence-building measures, permanent ceasefire, security arrangements and reforms, communal conflicts, armed civilians, and land disputes, and guarantors who will take responsibility in the implementation of the consensus. According to the document, the parties at the talks further agreed to revitalize, structure, and reconstitute the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) to expand membership and provide an …

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