As talks are underway between South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar in Addis Ababa today, Oxfam's Head of Liaison Office with the African Union, Desire Assogbavi said: "Millions of South Sudanese in urgent need of aid cannot afford to wait any longer for an end to this conflict.
This face to face meeting has to inject urgency into what has been months of protracted and inconclusive political talks. Failure to move forward on a ceasefire and political transition will only further escalate what is already a humanitarian crisis of enormous proportions.
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