<div>A permanent ceasefire has begun in South Sudan in the latest attempt to end a five-year civil war. President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar agreed on the cease-fire this week after their first face-to-face talks in almost two years. South Sudan was facing a possible UN arms embargo and sanctions if the fighting didn't stop and a political deal wasn't reached by today. Multiple attempts at peace have failed in the past. </div>''<div></div>''<div>Thousands of people have been killed in the civil war that erupted in the country just two years after independence from Sudan.</div>