South Sudan on edge as Sudan’s war threatens vital oil industry
Sudan’s army says it may be forced to shut down facilities used to export oil from South Sudan as a result of the war.
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Salva Kiir cuts number of states from 32 to 10, says he expects the opposition to also ‘be prepared’ to compromise.
Rare talks between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar in Juba amid growing pressure to save peace deal.
Roll-out of last year’s peace pact that called for a unity government will happen on November 12, leaders say.
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Meeting in South Sudan capital raises expectations for the implementation of stalled peace agreement.
Opposition leader Machar will not return to Juba without security arrangements, according to an official from his party.
Ex-vice president Riek Machar returned for the first time since 2016 to take part in a peace ceremony.
Machar fled South Sudan’s capital two years ago under a hail of gunfire when an earlier peace deal collapsed.
Agreement reinstates rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, formally ending five years of bloody civil war.
Court hands sentences ranging from seven years to life for raping aid workers and killing a local journalist.
But the complete removal of accountability and justice from the agenda is not the answer.
