President Museveni and other several regional leaders have touched down in the South Sudanese capital Juba to attend the peace celebrations expected to start anytime now.
South Sudan’s main opposition leader Riek Machar has arrived in the country’s capital Juba this morning, more than two years after he fled on foot into exile.
Machar returned to the country to take part in the peace celebration today.
The opposition leader is leading a small delegation. He was received at Juba Airport by Presidential Adviser for Security Affairs Tut Gatluak.
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir who hosted the talks in Khartoum last month arrived this morning. He is expected to be given an award by the University of Juba.
Ethiopian first female President Sahle-Work Zewde is also in Juba. She was appointed president last week by the Ethiopian parliament. This is her first official trip as president.
Somalia’s President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed is also in Juba.
The peace deal signed on 12 September will see the creation of a new unity government after eight months, with Riek Machar reinstated as first vice president, one of five vice presidents
Last week, South Sudan government invited regional leaders and opposition officials to Juba to celebrate the revitalized peace agreement signed last month to end the conflict.
Source: radiotamazuj.org