After months of international pressure... a moment of hope.<br/> <br />With the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on the left and rebel leader Riek Machar on the right, it all ends with a ceasefire deal that will take effect within 24 hours.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH SUDANESE PRESIDENT, SALVA KIIR, SAYING<br/> <br />"Now that we have signed this document under the auspices of Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD, I want to assure that, I and my party, the party that I am leading and the army that I am leading will implement this agreement without any fail."<br/> <br />Holding hands in prayer, this is the first time the two men have met face to face since the violence first erupted last December.<br/> <br />Their long running power struggle intensified after the president sacked Machar as his deputy in July.<br/> <br />Scenes like these were the result of their personal conflict.<br/> <br />Ethnic fighting between Kiir's Dink community and Machar's Nuer group.<br/> <br />Thousands of people have bee
