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The High Level Revitalization Forum (HLRF) on South Sudan which was convened in the presence of IGAD Chairperson Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn and the Chair of the AUC, Moussa Faki Mahamat concluded successfully with a signing of the Agreement of Cessation of Hostilities, Protection of Civilians and Humanitarian Access today (December 21), ahead of the anticipated schedule. Participants to the HLRF, collectively referred to as “the Parties” to the Process, have for the past four days held intense deliberations on procedural, operational and other pertinent matters and have with one voice expressed that they were tired of the civil strife…