South Sudan rebel leader refuses to sign latest peace deal: Sudan minister

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar attends the signing of a peace agreement with the South Sudan government aimed to end a war in which tens of thousands of people have been killed, in Khartoum, Sudan June 27, 2018.

South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar refused to sign the latest draft of a peace deal with the Juba government that would end a years-long conflict, Sudan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Machar’s rebels and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir signed up to a ceasefire and power-sharing agreement last month, one of a series of apparent breakthroughs in recent months.