On the fifth anniversary of the signing of a deal ending decades of war between North and South Sudan, US President Barack Obama's special envoy has commended the agreement as "the foundation of peace."
"The Comprehensive Peace Agreement has survived through five years of sometimes acrimonious dissent between the parties and it has prevented a return to war," General Scott Gration told the BBC.
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