Wednesday 7th June 2017

Two warring factions of South Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA-IO Yei River State signed a peace accord in Kampala to end the on-going armed conflict in Africa's youngest nation.

SPLA-10 Yei River State is one of the rebel groups loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar, who is fighting to depose President Salva Kiir.

The peace accord was mediated by the Evangelical Presbyterian Church leader Bishop Elias Taban Parangi after a four day joint military committee meeting in Kampala.

Daily Monitor has learnt that the meeting focused on permanent ceasefire, an assembly area where armed rebels would assemble and their security, the planned national dialogue and opening of all roads to and out of Yei town- a hotbed of the conflict.

Read more from the The Monitor here.

South Sudanese rebels loyal to Machar celebrate. Photo/The Daily Monitor.