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South Sudan rivals meet in bid to salvage stalled peace deal

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir (right) and opposition leader Riek Machar make peace at the 33rd Extraordinary Summit of IGAD in Addis Ababa on September 12, 2018. PHOTO | AFP

South Sudan's warring parties will hold talks in Addis Ababa on Thursday, in a bid to salvage a stalled peace deal, with just days to go until a unity government is meant to be formed.

President Salva Kiir, rebel leader Riek Machar and a handful of other groups inked the peace deal in September 2018, the latest in a long line of efforts to end a devastating conflict now in its sixth year.

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