Sudan's Bashir Heading to Juba for IGAD Summit Amid Ugandan Intervention Row

20 January 2014

Khartoum/Juba — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir will attend the extraordinary meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries in Juba on Thursday to discuss the ongoing conflict in South Sudan.

Sudan's presidential media secretary Emad Sid Ahmed, confirmed in press statements on Monday Bashir's participation in the summit, saying the meeting is a continuation of the previous summit which discussed ways for containing the current crisis in South Sudan and paved the way for the direct negotiations.

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