South Sudan Factions Sign Cease-fire

South Sudan's warring factions have signed a cease-fire agreement, a move that is expected to end weeks of deadly fighting between the government and rebel forces. Representatives for President Salva Kiir and his opponents signed the plan Thursday in Ethiopia's capital, where they have been meeting with mediators from East African regional bloc known as IGAD. The group has spent three weeks mediating talks in Addis Ababa. Earlier, the negotiations bogged down over the...

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