NAIROBI: A peace deal that was signed in April to put an end to 21 months of civil war in South Sudan has fallen through.
This follows a familiar pattern after similar brokered truces by Kenya, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) and the United Nations in Nairobi and Addis Ababa in the past failed to hold the country together. Forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those of his estranged Vice President Reik Machar started fighting on Friday last week.