South Sudanese government and rebels started peace
talks on Tuesday. Mediators hope to end the fighting that
has left the world's newest state on the brink of civil war.
The talks in neighbouring Ethiopia will focus on brokering a
ceasefire to halt three weeks of violence that has killed at
least 1,000 people and driven 200,000 from their homes.
The two sides delayed talks for several days, haggling
over the fate of 11 detainees held by the government in
Juba. The rebels initially insisted on securing their release
before negotiations started.
An Ethiopian diplomat said the Inter-governmental
Authority on Development, a grouping of east African
nations that initiated the talks, had sent its envoys to Juba
to press President Salva Kiir to release the detainees.
www.benlatestnews.com
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
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