REJECTED PEACE DEAL TO REINSTATE MACHAR; SOUTH SUDAN REBELS

A peace plan to reinstate insurgent leader Riek Machar as vice president, has been rejected by South Sudan rebels on Monday  saying it failed to dilute the strong power base of the country’s president.

Machar was President Salva Kiir’s deputy until 2013 when a political disagreement between them degenerated into a war that has ravaged South Sudan ever since.

The deal naming Machar as first vice president was reached in Entebbe in talks mediated by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, attended and that he and Kiir attended.