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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 United States has concluded that Ethiopian and Eritrean troops as well as rebels committed war crimes during the brutal two-year conflict, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, days after he visited Addis Ababa. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune sign "a joint declaration for a renewed, concrete and ambitious partnership", according to the French presidency. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI32H7629_EN
Ethiopia and Eritrea resume commercial airline flights for the first time in two decades, with emotions spilling over into the aisles and onto the tarmac as families are reunited. IMAGES
An Eritrean government delegation arrives in Addis Ababa for a historic visit designed to put an end to the war and decades of hostility between the two neighbours in the Horn of Africa. IMAGES
African leaders attend a two-day summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions. The 55-member bloc has long been criticised for being ineffectual and taking little decisive action in the face of numerous conflicts and power grabs. IMAGES of the group photo and of the opening of the summit