Arusha — It was a rather shaky deal when in August last year the government of President Salvar Kiir of South Sudan signed what was supposed to be a binding peace agreement with his rival Riek Machar to end the bitter conflict that has raged since December 2013.
For many, it was a non-event: conflict had divided the world's newest nation down the middle on ethnic lines. Apparently, it had become very difficult to reconcile the two sides, no matter the gear used.
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