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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar sign a much-anticipated peace deal, the latest attempt to end five years of a vicious civil war that's torn the world's youngest nation apart. IMAGES
The South African government host peace talks to end the Tigray conflict, with delegates from the Ethiopia government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Images taken from the outside The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) where these talks are being held. The talks are facilitated by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, the former deputy president of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. IMAGES
Former Nigerian president and special African Union broker Olusegun Obasanjo announces the success of the Tigray peace talks in Pretoria. "We are seeing in practice and actualisation what we have tried to achieve for ourselves over the years: and that is African solutions for African problems" he says. SOUNDBITE
South Sudan's government and rebel groups have signed a landmark peace deal aimed at ending decades of war in which hundreds of thousands have died. Cheers rang out as one by one, representatives from the transitional government and rebel groups signed the deal, a year after the peace talks began, at a ceremony in the South Sudanese capital Juba. IMAGES
Maebashi, Sep 4 (EFE) .- The South Sudan Olympic delegation, which has been in training for months in Japan after the postponed Olympics, follows the peace process undertaken in their country at a distance, which they hope will contribute to the development of sport in the nation.(Imagen: María Roldán).SHOT LIST: SOUTH SUDAN OLYMPICS DELEGATION TRAINING IN MAEBASHI, JAPAN.SOUND BITES: RUNNER ABRAHAM MATET GUEM (IN ENGLISH)
Mahmoud Dirir, the special envoy of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, talks to the media in the Ethiopian embassy in Khartoum after the premier’s talks with members of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council and protesters in a bid to mediate the country’s crisis. SOUNDBITE