The South Sudanese President and the Leader of the Opposition Have Agreed to Share Power

TABLE. Sudanese President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar have agreed to share power in the transitional government.

Their agreement is the last step in the effort to end the five-year civil war Wednesday at a press conference in the Sudanese capital. (19659006)

The Government of Judaism and the insurgents have reached a security agreement

According to the Sudanese news agency SUNA, Kiir will head the government during the transition period, while Machar will return

Sudanese Foreign Minister Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed informed that the final peace treaty of the opposing party would be signed on August 5th. As AP points out, both parties had already had a similar deal, but collapsed in July 2016 after fighting in South Sudan's capital Jube.

The civil war in South Sudan broke out in December 2013 between Kiira's supporters and then his vice president, Macharom

The conflict has left tens of thousands of victims and caused the worst refugee crisis in Africa since the Rwandan genocide in 1994