South Sudan's peace monitors approve transitional government's extension

JUBA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan's peace monitors on Thursday unanimously voted to extend the Transitional Government by two years.

Charles Tai Gituai, the interim chairperson of the Revitalized Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), said two-thirds of the voting members in the commission approved the extension according to the procedures set out in the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan.