"There can be no winner takes it all in these discussions," says South Sudan business rep

The business community is pleading with the parties to the conflict to hammer out a peace deal to get the country back on track on the path to development. 

Secretary-General of the South Sudan Chamber of Commerce, Simon Akuei Deng is in Addis Ababa as a stakeholder at the High-Level Revitalization forum. 

Speaking in Addis, Deng attributed the economic challenges to a failure of the parties to strike compromises. 

He appealed to the parties involved to set aside their differences and dialogue in the interest of the people of South Sudan.

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