South Sudan Rivals Agree to Share Power in Bid to End War
- Deal is second attempt at peace since conflict began in 2013
- Group of rebel leaders leave talks before signing accord
Salva Kiir, right, shakes hands with Riek Machar during peace talks in Uganda on July 7, 2018.
Photographer: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images
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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed to share power in a transitional government, even as other insurgents refused to back the accord that’s supposed to end an almost five-year civil war.
Machar and Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth signed the deal at a ceremony in Khartoum, the capital of neighboring Sudan. Their unitary government, set to take effect after a transitional period, will be the second one attempted since the start of the conflict in the oil-producing East African nation that’s claimed tens of thousands of lives.