Tanzania: How President Kikwete Performed South Sudan Pacification Feat

President Jakaya Kikwete with the two people he has reconciled - South Sudan President Salvar Kiir and his former vice and chief foe Riek Machar after signing a peace deal recently in Arusha.

IF a nation needs peace, South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, does and it may have just had it. South Sudan became independent in 2011 from Sudan after years of blistering war that killed thousands and uprooted millions from their homes.

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