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The recently signed Revitalized peace Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) on 12 September 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the warring parties in South Sudan, has been widely extolled and commended as a significant development signaling the dawn of peace. The R-ARCSS provides broad comprehensive framework for key reform processes to usher the country towards stable democracy. As the world suffers from the second wave of COVID-19, the East African region is not an exception, with souring rise in the cases reported. South Sudan cases have ever since increased steadily, thus slowing down the implementation of the peace agreement. This research report mainly focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the R-ARCSS. The study looked at public opinions and perceptions on the impact COVID-19 had on the peace process, especially on the roles played by different actors responding to the pandemic and critical for the implementation of the peace accord in South Sudan. These include political parties to the peace agreement, other armed groups, civil society, peace monitoring mechanism, regional and international partners. It also aims at assessing the implications of the continued caseloads of COVID-19 and how political elites can better implement the peace agreement within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

 

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