S Sudan announces new parliament - a podcast by Channel Africa

South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir, has announced a new parliament including lawmakers from opposing sides of the country's civil war as part of a 2018 peace accord.

A new legislative body was a condition of the 2018 accord signed between himself and Vice President, Riek Machar, who has been in oposition during the five-year civil war that left 380 000 people dead and four million displaced.

Kiir and Machar formed a coalition government in February 2020.

For more on the new parliament, Channel Africa's Khumbelo Munzhelele spoke to Jame David Kolok, Chairperson of the South Sudan Civil Society Forum…

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