Published on 12:00 AM, August 29, 2015

S Sudan army ordered to end fighting

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has ordered all government troops to cease fighting rebel forces as part of a peace agreement, his spokesman said, ahead of a full ceasefire today. Kiir signed a peace deal on Wednesday aimed at ending the 20-month long civil war in which tens of thousands of people have been slaughtered.