South Sudanese President Salva Kiir swore in opposition leader Riek Machar as vice president. The landmark deal could spell an end to years of violence — but it's not their first attempt at rapprochement.
"This action signifies the end to the war. Peace has come, and it has come to stay," Kiir said at a ceremony attended by journalists and ministers Saturday,Machar, too, promised the South Sudanese people that their newly minted unity government"will work collectively to end your long suffering."
Three other vice presidents were sworn in at the event — though none was as important as Machar, whose personal, political and ethnic acrimony with Kiir helped fuel a brutally violent civil war in the young country for the better part of a decade. After South Sudan won independence in 2011, Kiir and Machar served as the country's president and deputy, respectively, but they fell out with each other just two years later when Kiir fired Machar for alleged disloyalty. Fighting
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