South Sudan foes sign final power-sharing deal

South Sudan foes sign final power-sharing deal

Posted on August 6, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

South Sudanese arch-foes signed a final power-sharing deal Sunday as President Salva Kiir called for unity in a country torn by a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people. Kiir and his bitter rival Riek Machar were in neighbouring Sudan to sign the deal, under which the rebel leader is set to

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Breaking: Famine declared in South Sudan as 100,000 face starvation

Over 250,000 children severely malnourished and ‘many of them will die,’ says UN

IT>>>   Famine has been declared in two counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement by the county’s government and three UN agencies.

The calamity is the result of prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis that has devastated the war-torn East African nation, the announcement said.