South Sudan: Rivals Agree On Power Sharing

Entebbe — On Saturday, Foreign Minister El Dirdeiri Ahmed announced that the parties to the conflict in South Sudan reached an agreement on power sharing. Former vice-president and opposition leader Dr Riek Machar is to be reinstated as vice-president.

Ahmed said that the peace negations round that started in Khartoum in the end of June and were extended in Uganda have led to an agreement on power sharing. In the presence of Sudanese President Al Bashir and Ugandan President Museveni, the warring parties agreed on four vice-presidents. Dr Riek Machar, will be first vice-president, the two current VPs will be number two and three, and the fourth VP will be granted to a woman of the opposition.

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