South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, opening the way for lawmakers from opposing sides of the country’s civil war to be appointed under a 2018 peace accord. Kiir’s decision was announced on public television on Saturday evening but no date was given as to when the new parliament will begin working.
S.Sudan: President dissolves parliament as part of peace deal
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the state funeral of Kenya's former president Daniel arap Moi, at Nyayo Stadium in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya's longest-serving president and led the East African nation through years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, died Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020, aged 95. (AP Photo/John Muchucha)