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South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar finally returns to Juba, urging people to come together as he prepares to join a unity government formed to end more than two years of ferocious civil war. IMAGES
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
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
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir pledges he would not return the country to war, in a speech marking 10 troubled years of independence. The world's newest nation, South Sudan declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. Just two years later it was plunged into a devastating civil war that claimed almost 400,000 lives and displaced four million people. SOUNDBITE
Sudanese leaders and rebel commanders meet for a historic peace deal, in what is a crucial first step towards ending 17 years of conflict. Forging peace with rebels has been the cornerstone of Sudan's transitional government, which came to power in the months after the overthrow of Bashir in April 2019. IMAGES
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