{"id":31193,"date":"2026-04-09T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31193"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:49:12","slug":"jakaya-kikwete-arrives-for-peace-mission-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/jakaya-kikwete-arrives-for-peace-mission-in-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakaya Kikwete arrives for peace mission in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, currently serving as the African Union (AU) High Representative for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, has arrived in Juba, South Sudan, for a three-day mission aimed at advancing inclusive political dialogue and fostering lasting peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kikwete was appointed March 24, 2026, by the AU Chairperson as a special envoy for South Sudan under the AU&#8217;s Ad Hoc High-Level Committee on South Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The committee is mandated to support the implementation of the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">His visit is expected to encourage co-operation among political leaders, promote national dialogue, and assist the country in progressing toward sustainable peace and credible elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He is scheduled to meet with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir this Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15322,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-31193","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"South Sudan conflict ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31194,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31193\/revisions\/31194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}