South Sudan's government and rebels have signed a ceasefire deal that many hope will put a pause to five weeks of fighting that has killed thousands of soldiers and civilians in the world's newest country.
The peace deal, signed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Thursday by representatives of President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, the rebel leader and and former South Sudanese vice president, is the first real progress since political friction turned violent on December 15.
An estimated half million residents have fled their homes because of the fighting, which has often pitted Kiir's Dinka-led government and military against ethnic Nuer fighters backing Machar.
Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal reports from JUba.
