South Sudan prez Salva Kiir signs peace deal despite doubts
Source: Hindustan Times
Ending 20 months of war in the world's youngest nation, South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday signed a peace deal despite concerns about whether peace would take hold.
The signing ceremony was held in the capital Juba under the threat of UN sanctions if Kiir failed to put his name to the accord, which had already been signed by rebel leader Riek Machar.
At least seven ceasefires have already been agreed and then shattered within days -- if not hours -- in South Sudan, which broke away from Sudan in 2011.
"The current peace we are signing today has so many things we have to reject," Kiir said at the ceremony, attended by leaders of neighboring Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda.
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Here's hoping it sticks
