Without pressure, business as usual for South Sudan’s ‘bush’ leaders | Katy Migiro

JUBA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the edge of the airport runway in South Sudan’s capital, a pickup truck of red bereted soldiers watched as young girls danced barefoot to welcome President Salva Kiir home from peace talks in Ethiopia.

Dressed in his trademark black cowboy hat, Kiir gave a thumbs up to crowds who had come to cheer the latest ceasefire agreement in talks to end 15 months of conflict that has driven 2 million people from their homes.

“Peace is around the corner and, God willing, peace will be reached within the first quarter of this year,” Information Minister Michael Makuei told reporters at the airport.

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Photo: UN Photo/Tim McKulka