A faction of the South Sudan holdout opposition group has welcomed a recent announcement by the transitional government that it is considering resuming the Tumaini Initiative peace talks, which the government had previously declared dead. The Kenyan-led peace talks were adjourned indefinitely on 7 February 2025, without a resolution. In July, President Salva Kiir’s senior advisor and head of the government’s negotiating team for the Tumaini talks, Gen. Kuol Manyang Juuk, declared the initiative dead. He stated it had deviated from its original mandate and attempted to override the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). These include the Real-SPLM led by Pagan Amum, the South Sudan United Front led by former army chief Paul Malong Awan, the South Sudan People’s Movement/Army (SSPM/A) led by Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang, and the NAS-RCC led by Gen. Mario Laku Thomas.