South Sudan’s government and rebels have agreed to a security deal as part of efforts at resolving ongoing civil war.
The deal was reached during talks in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, according to Sudanese state news agency SUNA.
The deal on security arrangements is expected to be signed at a yet to be decided date. It will signed in the presence of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Sudan’s army spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Khalifa al-Shami is reported by SUNA as saying that the two South Sudanese sides are preparing a draft of the deal.
Last month President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, his former vice president held two days of meeting in Sudan.
A deal was signed involving a ceasefire although some aspects of the deal were rejected by the rebels.
Fresh fighting however broke out between government troops in South Sudan and rebels shortly there after.
Government troops and rebels launched attacks on each other.
Thousands of people have died in the 2013 civil war after troops loyal to the rebel Machar clashed with government troops.
South Sudan gained independence in 2011 from north Sudan but fighting broke out two years later.
Source: Africafeeds.com
