Reuters: South Sudan government, rebel groups sign ceasefire
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South Sudan’s government and rebel groups signed a ceasefire on Thursday in the latest attempt to end a four-year civil war and allow humanitarian groups access to civilians caught in the fighting.
The ceasefire aims to revive a 2015 peace deal that collapsed last year after heavy fighting broke out in South Sudan’s capital Juba. It was agreed after talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa convened by regional bloc IGAD.
A decision by President Salva Kiir to sack his deputy Riek Machar triggered the war in the world’s youngest country. The war has been fought largely along ethnic lines between forces loyal to Kiir, who is Dinka, and Machar, who is Nuer.
Tens of thousands have died and a third of the population of 12 million have fled their homes. The conflict has since mutated from a two-way fight into one involving multiple parties and this has made it harder to find peace.
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WNU Editor: I have lost count on how many ceasefires in South Sudan have been signed in the past few years .... I suspect that this one will be broken just as fast. In the meantime the suffering continues .... Civil war is pushing South Sudan closer to starvation (National Post/AP)
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Latest clashes highlight fragility of S.Sudan ceasefire deal -- Daily Mail
South Sudan Cease-Fire Is Signed, but 'Difficult' Period Awaits -- New York Times
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