The 2018 peace deal offers best guarantees to South Sudan parties
President of South Sudan Salva Kiir (R) and the country's Vice President Riek Machar attend a power-sharing deal between the South Sudanese arch-foes on August 5, 2018 in Khartoum, Sudan.
New clashes this week show the fragile nature of peace in South Sudan and the lingering mistrust between the parties. In sweeping actions, the residence of First Vice-President Dr Riek Machar was surrounded by troops while several figures from his SPLM-IO were arrested and detained.
President Salva Kiir’s moves followed the eruption of clashes in Upper Nile, where members of the White Army militia, clashed with government forces after the SPLA central command ordered a change of guard in the area.
