South Sudan Leaders Meet At Vatican
President Salva Kiir and former vice president Riek Machar have this week been meeting at a retreat at the Vatican in order to discuss a path towards peace following civil war.
The meetings have taken place at Casa Santa Marta, which is home to Pope Francis, and was formerly host to peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian Presidents in 2014.
A power-sharing deal between Kiir and Machar was previously signed in October 2018. As part of the deal Machar is expected to resume his position as vice president after he was fired from the position in 2013. Following his dismissal fighting broke out in which an estimated 400,000 lost their lives and more than four million are thought to have been displaced.
The power-sharing deal is due to commence on May 12. However, International Crisis Group has warned that the deal may collapse.