South Sudan Peace Talks To Open In Ethiopia

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
1 January 2014
Tags:
South Sudan, Governance, Conflict, Peace and Security, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution

Negotiators from South Sudan's two warring sides arrived Wednesday in Ethiopia for peace talks, and a U.N. official urged both forces to bring the world's newest country "back from the brink." Fighting continued in Bor, a gateway city to the capital of Juba, a government official said. Bor is just 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Juba. Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, is the center of ethnically based violence stemming from the political rivalry between President Salva Kiir and ousted Vice President Riek Machar, the rebel leader accused of mounting a failed coup attempt.

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