Mr. Conor Elliott:

That is a very good point. In particular, the Ethiopian Government has been superb in embracing and accommodating refugees who have crossed into Gambella and western Ethiopia. Unfortunately, that will get even worse in the coming months. This would have come out through the visit of President Higgins, that we would welcome and applaud the Ethiopian Government. In terms of the other elements, I note - I do not comment on it - the Ugandan defence forces role in supporting the government forces in South Sudan. Regionally, the African actors and heads of state have worked very hard to try to develop a political solution.

There is a problem with one of the issues that we see around the role of the African Union, or at least an issue of note from our perspective is that the African Union has collected and developed a report on human rights abuses and what has happened in South Sudan, but the report has been shelved or at least it is being held back. We know the report is finished. We know that it is ready for publication but a decision has been made not to publish it. We know that the justification for that seems to be that in order to progress peace talks, a certain indemnity or immunity is required to bring people to the table. That is partly why the report is being shelved. We understand that, but I question it. We know the conversation around the sector in South Sudan and the conversation from a number of think tanks including the parliamentary group in the UK whose name escapes me right now. That process of conversation, understanding and transparency about what has happened has to happen in South Sudan. There has to be an openness and a working through of the historical events and incidents and the crimes and the violence that have happened in South Sudan. A lot of actors in this believe that failing to do so continues to support a peace process that does not address the underlying causes of conflict in South Sudan. Without doing that it will never solve the underlying problems anyway. There has to be a process of reconciliation and truth. I hope that goes some way towards answering the question.