Riek Machar agrees to sign S.Sudan peace deal: mediator
South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar participates in the second round of talks between two bitter rivals, aimed at ending South Sudan's four-and-a-half year brutal civil war, in Khartoum on June 25, 2018. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY |AFP
Sudan said Tuesday that South Sudanese rebel chief Riek Machar has agreed to sign a final peace deal with Juba to end a brutal civil war after initially refusing to do so.
Machar and President Salva Kiir have held weeks of talks in Khartoum in search of a comprehensive peace deal to end the conflict, which has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions since 2013 in the world's youngest country.
