Thursday, January 2, 2014

South Sudan: Peace talks begin in bid to step conflict

South Sudan's warring parties have gathered in Ethiopia Thursday for peace talks aimed at ending nearly 3 weeks of a conflict that may escalate into a full blown civil war.

It was not clear if all members of the 2 delegations had arrived. Scores of people are feared to have been killed in the fighting, pitting army units loyal to President Salva Kiir against a loose alliance of militia forces and mutinous army commanders nominally headed by ex-vice president Riek Machar.

The conflict

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