South Sudan president hits out at UN

South Sudan's foreign minister warns that the imposition of any US-backed sanctions would be counter-productive to the peace process.

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete meets and hold talks with South Sudan President Salva Kiir during the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday(Photo by Freddy Maro)

The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, tells the BBC his country faces one of its worst famines unless the current conflict is ended.

Voice of America
South Sudan President: Wording in Arusha Agreement was Changed
Voice of America
JUBA—. South Sudan President Salva Kiir has said that parts of an agreement reached last week in Arusha, Tanzania to reunify the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), were changed before it was signed. The changes determine whether party ...
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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir signs a peace deal in the country's capital, Juba, ending a 20-month conflict with rebels.

Sudan Tribune
South Sudan rebel leader in Tanzania for talks with president Kikwete
Sudan Tribune
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, ...

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Presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki recognized that the solution to the current crisis was within the reach of the peoples of South Sudan

The African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) (http://www.au.int) met with President Thabo Mbeki, in his capacity as Chairperson of the High Level Implementation Panel on Sudan, today 4 September 2014. In attendance were President Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Mahmood Mamdani and Lady Justice Sophia Akuffo.

The meeting follows nation wide...

Sudan beat neighbours South Sudan in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals of the Cecafa Cup in Ethiopia.