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South Sudan Warring Sides Sign Peace Deal in Uganda As Dialogue Begins


Monday 29th May 2017 


South Sudan's warring parties on Friday signed an undertaking to work on a roadmap for the implementation of the 2015 Arusha Agreement and end the war. 

The deal was struck in a meeting chaired by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe. The meeting was attended by the acting SPLM secretary-general Jena Nunu Kumba, SPLM-IO foreign secretary Ezekiel Lol Gatkhouth, the head of former detainees Pagan Amum Okietch, Juba's ambassador to Kampala Samuel Luate Leminsuk and Betty Bigombe.


The talks will be taking place in Juba. Photo/VOA

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