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SOUTH SUDAN President Salva Kiir bowed to pressure from the US and Nigeria yesterday to sign a peace deal with rebels to end a two-year civil war.
The stetson-sporting leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) had previously refused to sign the accord with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by his former deputy Riek Machar.
The deal calls for an interim power-sharing government with the post of first vice-president reserved for the SPLM-IO and elections in two and a half years.
The US attack on Venezuela raises grave threats to Cuba and the region, writes NATASHA HICKMAN of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare