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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release August 10, 2018 MEDIA NOTE Troika Statement on South Sudan Peace Talks The text of the following statement was issued jointly by the Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Norway. The members of the Troika (the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway) support the engagement of the region in the recent Khartoum-based negotiations on outstanding governance and security issues. We acknowledge the role of Sudan in hosting these negotiations. Considerable challenges lie ahead, and we are concerned that the arrangements agreed to date are not realistic or sustainable. Given their past leadership failures, South Sudanese leaders will need to behave differently and demonstrate commitment to peace and good governance. Above all, we support the people of South Sudan’s aspirations to lead lives unburdened by fear, and to experience peace,...

Henna is widely used by new brides in photo was taken during Mabior Mach wedding in Eldoret  Kenya   In all of South Sudan’s customary law codes, marriage involves the payment of a bride price by a man and his family to the woman’s family. The bride price can often run into millions of pounds, causing many relationships to break down or at worst create conflict between tribes or violence in marriages. While in the past local chiefs have over-stressed the importance of paying the bride price, which gives the husband rights to his wife, they say they are now willing to consider reviewing it. “The local chiefs are going to sit down and discuss on it and lobby for its [bride-price] reduction,” a local Chief from the Madut Buay from Bahr el Ghazel said during an interview on Eye Radio’s sister program our Our Archives. Madut Buay says the high bride-price is fueling conflict in communities in the form of ca...