South Sudan leaders agree to form a unity government by mid-Feb
JUBA - South Sudan President Salva Kiir and ex-rebel leader Riek Machar on Tuesday agreed to form a unity government by mid-February 2020 at the expiry of the 100-day extension to the peace agreement. Kiir said he had agreed with Machar to form a new unity government even if the parties failed to implement all the outstanding issues at the end of the 100-day extension period. "We have said that after the end of the 100 days extension period we must finish forming a new unity government, and if there are still pending things not complete, we shall form a transitional government of national unity to implement the remaining outstanding issues," Kiir told journalists at a joint news conference in Juba. Kiir who held a two-hour meeting with Machar at the State House said the current prevailing ceasefire will continue to hold, noting that the parties are committed to ending the conflict. Machar, Sudan's People's Liberation Movement-in opposition (SPLM-IO), said the...
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