South Sudan President Kiir Proposes Talks With Rival 'Coup' Leader

18 December 2013

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has said he is ready to open talks with the political rival accused of leading a failed coup against him. The violence has subsided somewhat as death toll figures emerge.

The United Nations said military sources on Wednesday had put the number of dead at between 400 and 500 since fighting broke out in the capital Juba last Sunday. Kiir's government claims that forces loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar attacked presidential guards in an attempted coup, before being repelled.

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