Focus on South Sudan as EAC leaders meet

Sudan Tribune
South Sudan leaders expected meet for discussions in Tanzania
Coastweek
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's ruling party said on Sunday that President Jakaya Kikwete has invited South Sudan's president and rebel leader to a dialogue aimed at reunifying the South Sudanese ruling party. Abdulrahman Kinana ...
Kikwete to preside over SPLM unificationDaily News
Riek Machar in Tanzania following SPLM talksRadio Tamazuj
Rebel faction says it won't reunify while party is under Kiir...

East African leaders met in Ethiopia on Sunday ahead of a deadline for South Sudan’s warring leaders to strike a peace deal or risk international sanctions.

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EAC leaders to convene over South Sudan...
New Vision
Faced with a never-ending conflict in South Sudan, Heads of State in the East Africa Community bloc have this week summoned an extra-ordinary summit in Arusha-Tanzania on Wednesday. Impeccable sources have told us that the one-day meeting would ...
Arusha Summit to chart next stepsEast African Business Week

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With a change of plot and timing, Cry, the Beloved Country, a 1948 novel by Allan Paton that focused on South Africa, can suitably apply to South Sudan today.

Sudan Tribune
South Sudanese rival leaders to meet in Nairobi
Sudan Tribune
June 26, 2015 (NAIROBI) – South Sudan's president Salva Kiir and armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, are expected to hold talks on Saturday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, sources told Sudan Tribune. JPEG - 18.7 kb; South Sudanese president Salva ...
Kiir, Machar to hold talks in TanzaniaStarAfrica.com
S Sudan president to meet rebel leader in Arusha, TanzaniaRadio Tamazuj

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A face-to-face meeting between South Sudan's rival politicians is likely to take place on Friday, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says on a trip to Juba.

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South Sudan rivals meet in Tanzania for talks
Oman Tribune
Warring South Sudanese factions gathered in Tanzania on Wednesday in the latest peace efforts to end over a year of civil war which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. Rebel chief Riek Machar is expected to meet arch-rival President Salva ...
South Sudan rivals sign pact to reunify ruling SPLM partyDeutsche Welle
S. Sudan rivals agree new 'unity deal'New Vision
Tanzanian President Postpones Trip To Juba...

The failure of South Sudan's leaders to meet a deadline to end the civil war means a "severe man-made food crisis could reach catastrophic levels", a charity says.

Sudan Tribune
South Sudan's rival SPLM factions to meet in Arusha
Sudan Tribune
June 24, 2015 (NAIROBI) – South Sudanese opposition factions of the ruling Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) are expected to meet in Arusha, Tanzania, this week for further talks on reunification of the party, officials have confirmed. JPEG - 26.5 ...