President of South Sudan proposes splitting up the country further into "28 separate regional states

[EmperorScorpious]

[quote]South Sudanese President Salva Kiir says he will repartition the country into 28 states, up from the current 10. Opponents say taking such unilateral action is a violation of the recently signed peace deal, and is the latest sticking point on the path to peace.

Kiir says splitting South Sudan into 28 states will help reduce the size of the national government and distribute more resources to the rural population.

But rebel leader and ousted vicepresident Riek Machar says the president should have consulted the opposition first, per the terms of a peace agreement signed in August to end nearly two years of fighting.

Machar spoke Wednesday with VOA’s "Straight Talk Africa" host Shaka Sali.

“We ourselves in the SPLM/SPLA declared 21 states, and we tabled this at the negotiations. We wanted to resolve this matter once and for all, but he was not ready. [Shaka Sali asks: He rejected it?] He rejected it. Even the mediators were on his side. They rejected it. Now we are surprised. Five days ago, he made this declaration,” said Machar.

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[url]http://www.voanews.com/content/south-sudan-repartition-could-split-country-again/2997436.html[/url]

Get ready for border gore

[Saxon]

Violating the peace treaty, sounds like a great idea to me. What could possibly go wrong?

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=Saxon;48864394]Violating the peace treaty, sounds like a great idea to me. What could possibly go wrong?[/QUOTE]

War as these two dozen little countries attack one another to "reclaim" the land they use to control.

That's the worse case scenario, I would imagine. Best case is, everything works out and they all get along because they're all separated.

[smurfy]

Regional states, not separate countries :s:

[quote]he will repartition the country into 28 states, up from the current 10[/quote]
[quote]Kiir says splitting South Sudan into 28 states will help reduce the size of the national government and distribute more resources to the rural population.[/quote]

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=smurfy;48864462]Regional states, not separate countries :s:[/QUOTE]

Aw fuck, I misread the meaning of 'states' :boxhide:

Can a mod fix the title?

[smurfy]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48864471]Aw fuck, I misread the meaning of 'states' :boxhide:

Can a mod fix the title?[/QUOTE]

Split his punishment up into 28 separate bans, mods

[OvB]

Fixed it.

[person12]

Sounds like the beginning of a math problem, to be honest

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48864471]Aw fuck, I misread the meaning of 'states' :boxhide:

Can a mod fix the title?[/QUOTE]

Regardless, the implications are that they could have states fighting over territory they gave to other smaller states