South Sudan's Riek Machar agrees to sign final peace deal
Wednesday 29/August/2018 - 02:02 PM
South Sudan's Riek Machar
agreed to initial a final peace deal on Thursday, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry
said in a statement Tuesday.
Machar, who leads the major
opposition group, Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO),
agreed to ink the final peace deal after intensive negotiations brokered by
Sudan, the statement added.
His approval comes after
Khartoum vowed to raise points that Machar requested to be discussed at the
IGAD summit, the statement read.
