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South Sudan cease-fire begins in attempt to calm civil war

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FILE - In this Friday, April 29, 2016 file photo, the then South Sudan\'s First Vice President Riek Machar, left, looks across at President Salva Kiir, right, as they sit to be photographed following the first meeting of a new transitional coalition government, in the capital Juba, South Sudan. South Sudan\'s warring factions on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 signed a new agreement to cease hostilities and protect civilians in the latest effort to calm a devastating civil war. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin, File)

JOHANNESBURG – A cease-fire by South Sudan’s warring sides has begun amid concerns over whether this latest attempt at peace will hold.

The agreement signed Thursday after internationally brokered talks is an effort to salvage a 2015 peace deal. The United States has called the agreement “the last chance for the implementation of the peace process.”

South Sudan’s civil war is entering its fifth year and no one knows how many tens of thousands of people have been killed. Parts of the East African nation are on the brink of starvation and well over one million people have fled to neighbouring countries.

The U.S. and others have threatened further sanctions and other consequences if the fighting doesn’t end.

South Sudan’s opposition on Friday accused government troops of attacking after the deal’s signing.

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