With Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (C) between them, the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir (R) and the rebel leader Riek Machar (L) shake hands after their meeting in Kampala, Uganda, 07 July 2018. EPA-EFE/STR The two men signed a pact a year ago to end a civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced a third of the population and wrecked the economy. Machar made a rare visit to Juba this week to meet Kiir.
"The parties discussed minor issues and the principals agreed to establish transitional government by 12th November," Michael Makuei Lueth, the information minister, told reporters.
The roll-out of last year's accord, which called for a unity government, has been delayed because the government says it does not have enough money to fund disarmament and the integration of all the armed factions. (Reporting by Denis Dumo; Writing by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Hugh Lawson, William Maclean)