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Members of South Sudan's armed forces attend a joint security meeting that was led by Sudan's People Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) acting Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Gabriel Duop Lam, Deputy Chief of South Sudan People's Defence Forces, Lt.Gen. Thoi Chany Reat and South Sudan Opposition Alliance's (SSOA) Lt. Gen. Julius Tabule that had been convened to de-escalate tensions in capital Juba on April 8, 2022. - Fresh fighting erupted on April 8, 2022 between government and opposition forces in South Sudan just days after both sides pledged to uphold a ceasefire and try and save a teetering peace deal. The clashes in oil-rich Unity State were the latest in recent weeks between forces allied to President Salva Kiir and those loyal to his deputy, veteran opposition leader Riek Machar. The pair rule in a power-sharing government that was brokered in the aftermath of a civil war that killed nearly 400,000 South Sudanese before a peace agreement paused the bloodshed in 2018. (Photo by PETER LOUIS GUME / AFP) (Photo by PETER LOUIS GUME/AFP via Getty Images)