By AFPMore by this AuthorUNITED NATIONS,South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar is planning to return to Juba in May under a power-sharing deal that a UN envoy said Tuesday offered the "best chance" of ending the war. The peace agreement brokered by Sudan reinstates Machar as vice-president and is aimed at ending the brutal five-year war. "But it's an agreement that is there that we feel offers the best chance in a long while for moving South Sudan in the right direction." South Sudan descended into war in December 2013 when Kiir accused Machar, his former deputy, of plotting a coup. Machar briefly returned to Juba in October to attend a peace ceremony.

Source: Daily Nation February 06, 2019 04:30 UTC