South Sudan: U.S. Envoy Urges Talks to End South Sudan Violence

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Washington — U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth met with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit in Juba as part of the Obama administration's efforts to halt the country's violence between rival ethnic and political factions.

Speaking to reporters December 23 in a conference call from Juba, Booth said Kiir committed to begin talks with former Vice President Riek Machar without preconditions, and allowed Booth to meet with 11 senior members of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) who have been detained on charges of planning a coup against Kiir's government.

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