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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has finally agreed to sign a peace deal and power-sharing accord to end a 20-month civil war, his spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Presidential spokesperson Ateny Wek Ateny told AFP that the presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Sudan plus Ethiopia’s prime minister “will converge on Juba tomorrow morning for a one day summit, and the President of the Republic of South Sudan will sign the peace agreement”.