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Salva Kiir urges South Sudanese to unite to implement peace deal

Juba: South Sudan's president urged his people on Tuesday to "join hands" in implementing a peace deal to end more than 20 months of conflict, after repeated outbreaks of fighting since rebels and the government signed the pact last month.

When he signed the peace deal on Aug. 26, just over a week after rebel leader Riek Machar did so, President Salva Kiir had voiced "serious reservations" and accused African and other mediators of using intimidation to push him to agree the terms.

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