South Sudan’s president signed a peace deal Wednesday intended to end a 20-month-old civil war that has killed thousands in the wake of the country’s historic independence in 2011.
President Salva Kiir signed the accord under intense pressure from the international community, which threatened to impose further sanctions if the deal was not completed before September. Rebel leader Riek Machar, Kiir’s former deputy, had signed the document one week earlier.
In signing the deal, Kiir alluded to the pressure he faced, saying he had "serious reservations."
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