South Sudan Rebels Reject Peace Deal Reinstating Machar

L-R: Salva Kiir - Riek Machar

South Sudanese rebels have rejected a peace plan whereby their leader Riek Machar would be reinstated as vice president.
Machar was President Salva Kiir's deputy until 2013, when a political disagreement between them degenerated into a war that has ravaged South Sudan ever since.

The South Sudanese and Sudanese governments said a power sharing deal had been agreed on Saturday.

Mr Machar's spokesman said the idea of sharing power had come up as a verbal proposal, and no deal had been signed.

He said the proposal only focused on politicians and ignored the radical reforms needed to bring about fundamental change.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the five year conflict, and a third of the population displaced.





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