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South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar took the oath of office as First Vice President on Saturday formally rejoining the government. Machar and three other vice presidents of South Sudan were sworn in, on the deadline to form the new unity government.... Read more via TODAY –...

By Fred Oluoch The Sudan crisis could become a major contagion in the region’s security and trade and also escalate the divisions in the Gulf Peninsula manifested in the current war in Yemen.... Read more via AllAfrica News – http://bit.ly/2IQsCIo Get more World News

Pope Francis was pictured kneeling down to kiss the feet of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit (C) and South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar (R) at the Pope’s Santa Marta residence in the.... Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA – http://bit.ly/2GiOqMV Get More Nigeria Metro News

South Sudanese rebels lead by Riek Machar inked a peace agreement with the government aimed at ending the county’s devastating five-year civil war on Thursday in Khartoum. Machar had caused anxiety among negotiators earlier this week by refusing … Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria –...

South Sudan’s warring sides have signed an accord on security arrangements after talks in neighbouring Sudan’s capital, a step that could lead to a power-sharing deal. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2lWmVh7 Get more World News

The warring sides in South Sudan accused each other of launching attacks that killed 18 civilians and violated the latest peace deal aimed at ending the nearly five-year-old conflict. Lul Ruai Koang, spokesman for the... Read more via IOL News – https://ift.tt/2KourQo Get more World News

The two figures at the centre of the civil war that has ravaged South Sudan are scheduled to meet on Wednesday for the first time in nearly two years. Ethiopia, which has helped broker the meeting, says rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled South Sudan in July 2016, is expected to meet...

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has expressed his commitment to the realisation of peace in South Sudan, even as he indicated that there.... Read more via Daily Nation – https://ift.tt/2l2raHG Get more World News