No more war, Kiir vows in Independence Day address
South Sudan President Salva Kiir speaks at a press conference at State House, Juba. He pledged not to return South Sudan to war as the country marked 10 years of independence. Pic: AFP
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir promised on Friday as the country marked its 10th anniversary that he would not plunge the country back into war, as Pope Francis said he would visit if political leaders did more to maintain a fragile peace.
Violence exploded in South Sudan in late 2013, two years after it seceded from Sudan, when President Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, sacked vice president Riek Machar, from the rival Nuer group.
