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Kiir to Sign Peace Accord

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, will sign the peace accords on August 26 after delaying the signing last week. According to reports the president will list his reservations in an annex to the peace deal.

Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin told Reuters, “But there will be an annex on reservations in some areas that have not been adequately discussed and agreed,” he said, without elaborating on what the reservations were.

While Kiir did not sign the peace accord last week in Ethiopia, rebel leader Riek Machar, Kiir’s former vice president did. It is hoped that the peace deal will end the almost two-year long conflict that has divided the nation and killed thousands.


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