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South Sudan parties agree on six more months to form unity govt

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir in Juba on January 24, 2019. [Reuters]

South Sudan’s ruling and opposition parties agreed on Friday to give themselves six more months to form a unity government as part of a peace deal they signed in September, the regional group IGAD said in a statement.

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