Juba.
The transitional government of Sudan and 13 rebel factions have today signed a final peace agreement in South Sudan capital, Juba.
The agreement, which was brokered by South Sudan president Salva Kiir following continued unrest in Khartoum since the ouster of strongman Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, was witnessed by Mr Kiir, South Sudan Vice President Dr Riek Machar, Somalia’s Ismail Guelleh, Chad’s Idriss Deby, Sudan President Abdel Fatah al-Burhan, Sudan Prime minister and chairperson of Igad, Dr Abdallah Hamdok, and Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, among other dignitaries.
The signing of the agreement happened in a small tent erected below the podium that hosted the dignitaries.
The South Sudan Minister for Investments, who is also the secretary for Mediation Council, Dr Dhieu Mathok, told Daily Monitor on the sidelines of the event that the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) asked Mr Kiir to mediate in the matter.
