South Sudan has until 22 February to form a coalition government. One particular quarrel has proven intractable, until recently

The delegation of the Sudanese government agreed with the leaders of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel alliance during peace negotiations in Juba that peace agreements will prevail over the Constitutional Declaration, “because of the importance of peace for the Sudanese people and the stability of the transitional period”

Avvisningen kommer dagen etter at president Salva Kiir åpnet opp for å gi etter for ett av opprørernes viktigste krav: At landet igjen skal deles inn i ti delstater slik det var da Sør-Sudan ble et eget land i 2011. Men Kiir vil samtidig dele landet inn i tre administrative områder, noe Machar ikke vil godta

Den verste gresshoppeinvasjonen i Øst-Afrika på mange år har nådd sultrammede og krigsherjede Sør-Sudan

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said on Saturday he was cutting the number of states from 32 to 10, unlocking a stalled peace deal and paving the way for the formation of a long- awaited unity government