Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah, REUTERS
The South Sudan government reached a final peace deal and power sharing agreement with the country’s main rebel group on Sunday, said the foreign minister of neighbouring Sudan, which has been helping to broker the agreement.
“In initials, an agreement on outstanding issues has been signed and this agreement expresses the commitment of all parties to a ceasefire,” Foreign Minister Al-Dirdiri Mohamed said on Sudan state television.
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir attended the signing ceremony Sunday in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Several African leaders also witnessed including the presidents of Uganda, Kenya and Djibouti.
The deal says that Kiir will head the government during the transitional period and Machar will return as First Vice President.
A similar arrangement fell apart in July 2016 when fighting erupted in the capital, Juba, and Machar fled the country.
