Makundi matatu ndani ya Chama tawala cha Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) cha Sudan Kusini, yametia saini makubaliano ya kuanza mazungumzo ya kurejesha umoja na kusitisha vita.

Makubaliano hayo yalifikiwa katika mazungumzo yaliyofanyika Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge, nje kidogo ya Jiji la Arusha.

Makubaliano hayo yaliyoongozwa na Rais Jakaya Kikwete yakiwashirikisha Rais wa Sudan Kusini, Salva Kiir na hasimu wake, Riek Machar aliyekuwa Makamu wa Rais.

Akizungumza baada ya makubaliano hayo, Katibu Mkuu wa CCM ambao ndiyo wapatanisha wa makundi hayo, Abdulrahman Kinana, alishauri pande zote kuridhia makubaliano hayo ili kurejesha amani ya Sudan Kusini. Kinana alisema maazimio hayo ni kuendelea na majadiliano ili kuondoa tofauti ndani ya chama hicho, kuheshimu misingi ya chama, kuheshimu demokrasia na usawa ndani ya chama.

Wakizungumzia mkutano huo, Rais Kiir na aliyekuwa makamu wake, Machar walieleza kuridhishwa kwao na mazungumzo hayo yanayoratibiwa wa CCM. Rais Kiir alisema ni muhimu kurejesha umoja na mshikamano nchini mwake kama ulivyokuwapo wakati wa kutafuta uhuru.

Machar alitaka kutumika vizuri fursa ya mazungumzo ili kuhakikisha amani na utulivu vinarejea nchini humo.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete alieleza kuridhishwa kwake na hatua zilizofikiwa katika makubaliano hayo.
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CCM Chairman President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete walks to the conference hall with the two principal rival leaders – President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government and Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition, Monday 20th October, 2014 ready for the signing ceremony of the framework agreement aimed at addressing root causes of the South Sudan conflict that erupted in mid-December and plunged the country into violent crisis.



CCM Chairman President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete leads to the high table the two principal rival leaders – President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government and Mr. Riek Machar Teny former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition



CCM Chairman President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and CCM Secretary General Abdulrahman Kinana at the high table with President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government and Mr. Riek Machar Teny



Mr Pagan Amum Okech, representing SPLM in government, makes his opening remarks



Part of the conference hall during the ceremony



Former Tanzania Vice President and Prime Minister Mr John Samwel Malecela, who chaired the talks, is introduced



A relaxed atmosphere as the CCM Chairman President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and CCM Secretary General Abdulrahman Kinana engage in pep talks before the start of the proceedings at the high table with President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government and Mr. Riek Machar Teny as Former Tanzania Vice President and Prime Minister Mr John Samwel Malecela, who chaired the talks



A relaxed atmosphere as the CCM Chairman President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and CCM Secretary General Abdulrahman Kinana engage in pep talks at the high table with President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government and Mr. Riek Machar Teny as Former Tanzania Vice President and Prime Minister Mr John Samwel Malecela, who chaired the talks




Mr. Pagan Amum Okiech of the SPLM-in-Opposition makes his remarks



Mr. Pagan Amum Okiech of the SPLM-in-Opposition makes his remarks




Mr Daniel Awek Okot of the SPLM-in-Government delivers his statements


Tanzania Minister for Foreign and Internationa Relations Mr Bernad Membe steers the meeting


CCM Secretary General Mr Abdulrahman Kinana makes his statements


CCM Secretary General Mr Abdulrahman Kinana addresses the delegates


CCM Secretary General Mr Abdulrahman Kinana speaks on

SPLM factions sign framework agreement. They are Peter Adwok (right), Daniel Awet (center), CCM Secretary General Abdulraman Kinana, and Pagan Amum (left). Behind are the principal leaders and their host CCM Chairman President Kikwete

The media bust at work to record the historic event


Grang Demebiar, son of late Sudanese politician Dr. John Garang, have his picture taken

SPLM factions sign framework agreement. They are Peter Adwok (right), Daniel Awet (center), CCM Secretary General Abdulraman Kinana, and Pagan Amum (left). Behind are the principal leaders and their host CCM Chairman President Kikwete
Hand shake after SPLM factions signed the framework agreement. They are Peter Adwok (right), Daniel Awet (center), CCM Secretary General Abdulraman Kinana, and Pagan Amum (left). Behind are the principal leaders and their host CCM Chairman President Kikwete
SPLM factions show off the signed the framework agreement. They are Peter Adwok (right), Daniel Awet (center), CCM Secretary General Abdulraman Kinana, and Pagan Amum (left). Behind are the principal leaders and their host CCM Chairman, President Jakaya Kikwete

Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition addresses the delegates

Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition makes a point as he commits to the signed agreement


Members of the Secretariat and obsevers


President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government makes his speech


Delegates listen to President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government


President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government, speaks on

A bird’s eye-view of the conference hall as President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government, addresses the delegates

President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government concludes his speeh

The Chairman of the Tanzanian ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete adresses the delegates

The Chairman of the Tanzanian ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete addressing delegates

The Chairman of the Tanzanian ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete shakes hands with President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, as Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition looks on


The Chairman of the Tanzanian ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete shakes hands with Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition


Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition shares a jokes with former Tanzania Vice President and Prime Minister Mr John Samwel Malecela, who chaired the talks

President Kikwete listens to Tanzania Minister for Foreign and Internationa Relations Mr Bernad Membe


Signing of the communique

Part of the delegates

The Chairman of the Tanzanian ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete, CCM Secretary General Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, Tanzania Minister for Foreign and Internationa Relations Mr Bernad Membe, and Former Tanzania Vice President and Prime Minister Mr John Samwel Malecela, who chaired the talks, with the two principal rival leaders – President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government and Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition

The Chairman of the Tanzanian ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete, CCM Secretary General Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, Tanzania Minister for Foreign and Internationa Relations Mr Bernad Membe, and Former Tanzania Vice President and Prime Minister Mr John Samwel Malecela, who chaired the talks, with the two principal rival leaders – President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government and Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition, in a group photo with delegates from the SPLM-in-Government



he Chairman of the Tanzanian ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete, CCM Secretary General Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, Tanzania Minister for Foreign and Internationa Relations Mr Bernad Membe, and Former Tanzania Vice President and Prime Minister Mr John Samwel Malecela, who chaired the talks, with the two principal rival leaders – President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, Chairman of SPLM in government and Mr. Riek Machar Teny, former vice president and leader of the SPLM-in-Opposition, in a group photo with delegates from the SPLM-in-Opposition.