South Sudan warring parties sign ceasefire, but disagreements persist

South Sudan's warring parties on Monday signed a
new ceasefire, but disagreements surfaced about power-sharing, with
mediators threatening sanctions against those who blocked attempts to
end the eight-month conflict, dpa reported.
The ceasefire between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek
Machar was brokered by the East African bloc Intergovernmental
Authority on Development (IGAD) in Addis Ababa. It foresees the
withdrawal of troops and the creation of a 10-kilometre buffer zone.
But despite the rebels having accepted the ceasefire, Machar refused
to sign a second agreement on the formation of a unity government,
threatening to tear up the document in front of the leaders of
Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda, Somalia and Sudan.