Sudan's state news agency said that South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel opposition leader Riek Machar have signed a peace deal to share power in a transitional government,  to end a five-year civil war.<br />''<div><br />'' </div>''<div>Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir attended the signing ceremony Sunday in Sudan's capital, Khartoum. Several African leaders also witnessed including the presidents of Uganda, Kenya and Djibouti.</div>''<div><br />'' </div>''<div>The deal says that Kiir will head the government during the transitional period and Machar will return as First Vice President.</div> A similar arrangement fell apart in July 2016 when fighting erupted in the capital, Juba, and Machar fled the country.<br />'' South Sudan's civil war erupted in December 2013 between supporters of Kiir and his then-deputy Machar. Tens of thousands have died in the war.<br />'' <br />