Rebel no-show at South Sudan talks

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar holds talks with Kenya's leader in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi about the latest peace efforts.

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South Sudan rebel leader in Tanzania for talks with president Kikwete
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October 19, 2014 (ARUSHA) – South Sudan's former vice president and opposition leader, Riek Machar, is in Arusha, Tanzania, for talks with president Jakaya Kikwete of the east African nation. JPEG - 10.9 kb; South Sudan's rebel leader, Riek Machar, ...

South Sudan’s army has lifted a more than a month-long aid blockade into rebel areas, the UN said Friday, warning of a “dire situation” as fighting continues despite ongoing peace talks.

Geneva. A South Sudanese rebel group has freed 250 child soldiers including a girl as young as nine, the UN children’s agency said on Sunday, but warned that thousands were still being forced to fight.

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South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar demanded that President Salva Kiir resign from chairing the country's ruling party, saying misrule under his leadership caused a conflict that's killed thousands of people. Factions of the Sudan People's Liberation ...
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African mediators in South Sudan say they have held "productive" talks with President Salva Kiir, as efforts to avert a civil war continue.

The leaders of Kenya and Ethiopia hold talks with South Sudan's president in an attempt to halt violence that has claimed thousands of lives.

Fresh talks to resolve South Sudan's crisis open more than two weeks after a ceasefire and despite a refusal to release detainees, a key rebel demand.

Fighting is continuing in South Sudan, the army tells the BBC, as the warring factions prepare to begin peace talks in Ethiopia.