South Sudan President Expected to Sign Peace Deal

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has agreed to sign a peace deal aimed at ending his country's 20-month-old civil war. In a letter obtained by VOA's South Sudan In Focus program, the East African bloc IGAD says the agreement will be signed Wednesday in Juba, South Sudan's capital. IGAD has been mediating talks to end the war between Kiir's government and rebels led by his former deputy, Riek Machar.   Machar signed the agreement in Addis Ababa on August 17,...

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