South Sudan: President Kiir Accepts Interim Government With Riek Machar

6 May 2014

Juba — South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, has accepted the formation of an interim government, which includes former vice-president turned rebel leader Riek Machar. A top aide said the president expressed his willingness on this new administration during Tuesday's meeting with the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki moon in the capital, Juba.

"The president has accepted that the government delegation at talks [in Addis Ababa] go ahead with all the discussions, including the interim arrangements," the aide told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday.

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