A regional peace summit of East African heads of state and governments, which was slated to take place yesterday 23 November in the South Sudan’s capital Juba, has been postponed until further notice, a senior government official said.

Mawien Makol, Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, told Radio Tamazuj that the government has decided to defer the summit until further notice due reasons he didn’t mention.

Makol further said the time for the IGAD summit will be announced when the necessary arrangements are completed.

On Sunday, Head of the SPLM-IO peace implementation and monitoring committee Dhieu Mathok said they were delaying arrival of an advance team to Juba due to violations committed by the government for passing constitutional amendments.

File photo: Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni