Uncertainty In S.Sudan After Rebel Leader Machar Rejects President Kirr’s Peace Deal
By Elite Reporter
Untold
uncertainty has engulfed South Sudan after rebels led by ex-vice president Dr
Riek Machar rejected a peace offer by President Salva Kiir, which included
plans to reduce the number of states and creating three administrative areas in
the country.
However,
the rejection by rebel chief Machar, announced in a statement, dashed hopes of
breaking a deadlock and ending a six-year conflict that has left at least
380,000 people dead and millions in dire poverty.
Kiir
and Machar, who lives in exile, are under increasing international pressure to
resolve their differences by a February 22 deadline.
Kiir
on Saturday said the country would be divided into the original 10 states - a
key opposition demand - plus three "administrative areas" of Pibor,
Ruweng and Abye...
