South Sudan's President Salva Kiir signed a peace deal with main rebel leader Riek Machar on Wednesday, formally ending a five-year war that has killed tens of thousands.
The deal, mediated by Sudan
and signed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, reinstated Machar in
his former role as vice president and comes two weeks after a peace deal
was officially agreed upon between the government and rebel groups.
"The eyes of the world are upon us as the South Sudan leaders commit today to press for reconciliation and lasting peace in their country," Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said ahead of the signing.
About four million South Sudanese were displaced in half a decade of fighting
South Sudan descended into civil war in 2013, shortly after independence in 2011,
after Kiir accused Machar, then his deputy, of plotting a coup.
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