A unified army is a central pillar of the long-running peace process in the world’s youngest nation.
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The two leaders reach a deal to unify the army’s command structure after weeks of escalating conflict between the sides.
‘A number of his office staff and bodyguards’ have also been infected, his office said in a Facebook post.
President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar sign an agreement to share power and form a unity government.
Salva Kiir cuts number of states from 32 to 10, says he expects the opposition to also ‘be prepared’ to compromise.
Rare talks between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar in Juba amid growing pressure to save peace deal.
Roll-out of last year’s peace pact that called for a unity government will happen on November 12, leaders say.
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Meeting in South Sudan capital raises expectations for the implementation of stalled peace agreement.
Ex-vice president Riek Machar returned for the first time since 2016 to take part in a peace ceremony.
Machar fled South Sudan’s capital two years ago under a hail of gunfire when an earlier peace deal collapsed.
Agreement reinstates rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, formally ending five years of bloody civil war.
Court hands sentences ranging from seven years to life for raping aid workers and killing a local journalist.
But the complete removal of accountability and justice from the agenda is not the answer.
Government forces and rival rebels in South Sudan have signed another power-sharing deal.
