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Date: Aug 29, 2018
Source: The Daily Star
South Sudan's opposition refuses to sign final peace deal
Associated Press
JUBA, South Sudan: South Sudan's opposition parties have rejected what was to be the final version of the peace agreement with the government, threatening to destabilize the fragile process.

On Tuesday, opposition leader and former Vice President Riek Machar and the South Sudan Opposition Alliance, representing the splintered opposition parties, refused to initial the document in Khartoum, the capital of neighboring Sudan where the peace talks are being held, said SUNA, Sudan's state-run media.

Earlier this month South Sudan celebrated when both sides signed a power-sharing agreement and it appeared to signal an end to the country's five-year civil war.

The opposition is contesting several outstanding issues in the most recent version of the agreement, including how many states South Sudan should have and their boundaries as well as security arrangements.


 
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