South Sudan's President Salva Kiir signed Wednesday a peace document proposed by the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development in Africa (IGAD) in presence of regional head of states, Radio Tamazuj reported.

However, after signing the peace deal, president Kiir said he had reservations about the document that needs to be addressed, according to the report.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn attended the signing ceremony in Juba.

On August 17, Riek Machar, leader of South Sudan's major rebel group, signed the IGAD proposed peace deal with the Secretary General of the ruling party, Pagan Amum, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

However, South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, refused to sign the deal, demanding a two-week extension.

South Sudan plunged into violence in December 2013 when fighting erupted between troops loyal to President Kiir and defectors led by his former deputy Machar.

The conflict soon turned into an all-out war, with the violence taking on an ethnic dimension, pitting president Dinka's tribe against Machar's Nuer ethnic group.

The clashes killed thousands of South Sudanese and forced around 1.9 million individuals to flee their homes.

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