SOUTH SUDAN EMBARKS ON RECONCILIATION EFFORT AFTER CIVIL WAR

South Sudan embarks on reconciliation effort after civil war)

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has issued a directive to declassify intelligence reports on how the country’s long-running civil war began.

President Kiir said all those found culpable of offences by the released materials will be granted presidential pardon.

The declassification is expected to help in the process of national reconciliation and healing, he said in an address on Monday.

It is the first time the president has issued such a directive.