South Sudan Rebel Group Does Not Have Enough Money To Transport Their Soldiers As Per Their Peace Agreement

Bloomberg: South Sudan Rebels' Peace Trip Stalls on Air-Ticket Costs

* Insurgents' return part of process to end two-year civil war
* Rebel says they've asked international mediators to cover cost

South Sudan’s rebels say they’d love to return to the capital after months of talks at high-end hotels in foreign countries and join a government to end a bloody civil war. They just can’t afford the 550 plane tickets.

Transporting such a large pack of insurgents back to government-controlled Juba to enact a transition plan is expensive and they’re asking East African mediators as well as nations including the U.S., U.K. and Norway to help out, rebel spokesman William Gatjiath Deng said by phone.

“Our team is a huge number and each ticket costs almost $200,” Deng said Friday from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. “We are still negotiating with them. We are asking them to share the cost.” He said the country’s United Nations mission has also been asked to provide logistics.

WNU Editor: Meanwhile in other parts of South Sudan, other conflicts keep on flaring .... Fresh fighting in South Sudan forces thousands to flee into remote eastern DR Congo (UNI News Centre).