FILE - South Sudan President Salva Kiir, Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir and South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar are seen after peace talks in Khartoum, Sudan, June 27, 2018.
A Sudanese negotiator says South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has decided to sign the latest draft of a revitalized peace deal to end the country's devastating five-year old civil war.
Machar had signed the initial draft of a power-sharing deal earlier this month in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. Kiir signed a revised draft of the agreement earlier Tuesday in Khartoum, but Machar refused, due to questions over the number of states and their boundaries. The Kiir administration changed the number of original states in 2015 from 10 to 32.
But just hours later, Sudanese Foreign Minister Al-Dierdiry Ahmed told reporters that Machar had changed his mind and will sign the accord on Thursday after "intense" discussions with Sudanese negotiators.
President Kiir and Machar, his former deputy, have signed several peace deals since fighting broke out in late 2013 as a result of a power struggle between the two, just two years after South Sudan gained independence from neighboring Sudan. Each peace deal has failed, and the fighting has left has left tens of thousands of South Sudanese dead and forced millions of its citizens to flee their homes.
The new pact will see Machar return from exile in South Africa as the first of five vice presidents under a transitional government of national unity.
Newer articles:
- Peace deal spurs S. Sudan to resume oil output - 31/08/2018 03:45
- With new negotiations, South Sudanese warily hope for a 'peace' they can see - 30/08/2018 13:51
- South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar signs final peace deal - 30/08/2018 13:05
- South Sudan: Fly540 Denied Juba Landing Rights in Fees Row - 29/08/2018 04:26
- Inside a Neonatal Clinic in South Sudan: ‘In Some Ways, It Felt Wrong to Be Here’ - 29/08/2018 03:05
Older news items
- South Sudan rebels refuse to sign latest peace deal - 28/08/2018 08:28
- South Sudan: Oil revival to boost economic recovery - 28/08/2018 06:03
- South Sudan resumes pumping 20,000 bpd from oil field suspended since 2013 - Sudan - 26/08/2018 14:14
- South Sudan new ambassador to U.S. takes office in September - 26/08/2018 01:24
- South Sudan: The Humanitarian Coordinator calls for unhindered and safe humanitarian access - 25/08/2018 20:09
Latest news items (all categories):
- The Collo Kingdom Remains Underdeveloped: Five Hundred Years Later! - 03/02/2025 12:57
- Attack on South Sudan cattle camps kills 35 - 03/02/2025 12:46
- في صفقة مثيرة.. الإمارات تشتري نفط الجنوب في باطن الأرض لمدة 20 عامًا - 03/02/2025 12:42
- South Sudan: Can oil production save the economy? - 30/01/2025 19:27
- 20 oil workers and crew die in South Sudan plane crash - 30/01/2025 19:20
Random articles (all categories):
- UN: South Sudan pulls police out of disputed Abyei - USA TODAY - 12/05/2012 04:11
- S. Sudan: 34,000 seeking shelter from violence - 20/12/2013 10:01
- South Sudan editor banned from leaving country, removed from flight - 18/07/2019 06:28
- William Lambers: Canadians can do something about famine in South Sudan - 03/03/2019 18:07
- US punishes Sudan with sanctions over ceasefire defiance - 02/06/2023 00:08
Popular articles:
- Who is the darkest person in the world, according to Guinness World Record? - 25/10/2022 02:34 - Read 68164 times
- No oil in troubled waters - 25/03/2014 15:02 - Read 22363 times
- School exam results in South Sudan show decline - 01/04/2012 17:58 - Read 21559 times
- Top 10 weakest currency exchange rates in Africa in 2023 - 19/07/2023 00:24 - Read 19226 times
- NDSU student from South Sudan receives scholarship - In-Forum - 29/09/2012 01:44 - Read 19201 times