South Sudan's Warring Leaders to Sign Compromise Deal

Mediators say President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and his political rival are expected to sign a peace agreement in Ethiopia on Monday. Representatives of Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have been negotiating in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa since August 6. The U.S. had urged the warring factions to reach a peace agreement by August 17 or face sanctions. Haile Michael, a spokesman for a regional bloc mediating the talks, said Kiir and Machar will sign what he called a...

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