VIDEO: S Sudan peace "still an alternative"

The United Nations special representative to South Sudan, Hilde Johnson, has appealed for leaders in the country to order their forces to lay down their arms.

The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, says the South Sudanese president has agreed to peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in the country.

The two sides in the South Sudan conflict face a final day of peace negotiations before international sanctions are due to be imposed.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir signs a peace deal in the country's capital, Juba, ending a 20-month conflict with rebels.

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The ongoing talks are aimed at finding a lasting solution to the fighting in the Republic of South Sudan, which has hitherto claimed 20,000 lives and displacing over a million others. President Jakaya Kikwete. “The target here is to re-unite the divided Sudan ...
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The Thursday evening peace deal between South Sudan’s government and the rebels could be short-lived, analysts have warned, given the nature of the conflict.

The US warns South Sudan's leaders not to violate the peace deal signed aimed at ending a brutal civil war in the world's youngest state.