Politics
South Sudanese Vow to Stop Running as Peace Deal Calms Guns
- Returns may be sign of optimism in pact to end five-year war
- Conflict fueled a refugee crisis third to Syria, Afghanistan
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Gunshots and screams rang out as Rosemary Keji fled her village almost two years ago, one of millions of South Sudanese escaping civil war. After finally returning last month, she’s planting potatoes beside her wrecked house in Yei River state and vowing never to leave again.
The 28-year-old mother of two is one of a steady trickle of refugees coming back from neighboring countries after August’s preliminary deal to end almost a half-decade of conflict. It’s a sign of fresh hope that the latest peace bid will hold and the world’s third-largest refugee crisis after Syria and Afghanistan may have turned a corner.