South Sudan rivals sign final power-sharing deal

The government and rebels of South Sudan signed a power-sharing agreement in Khartoum on Sunday to end a deadly civil war ravaging the world's youngest country. Under the agreement, Riek Machar will join a government of national unity and become first vice president. President Salva Kiir's team will take 20 positions in the new 35-member government, 9 positions will go to Machar's group and the rest will go to other small opposition groups. The Parliament will have 550 members, 332 from Kiir'… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2018/08/05/... Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans. Africanews is the first pan-African multilingual media outlet, unique in its concept and vision. Subscribe on our Youtube channel    / africanews   and receive all the latest news from the continent. Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook :   / africanews.channel   Twitter :   / africanews