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High-level mediation talks for South Sudan were launched recently in Kenya with African presidents in attendance calling for an end to the conflict that has crippled South Sudan’s economy for years.
High-level mediation talks for South Sudan were launched recently in Kenya with African presidents in attendance calling for an end to the conflict that has crippled South Sudan’s economy for years.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir who attended the launch thanked his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, for hosting the talks and said that his government would negotiate in good faith and with an open mind.
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera, Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema, Namibia’s Nangolo Mbumba, and Central African Republic’s Faustin-Archange Touadera also attended the meeting that took place after an African Union agricultural summit earlier in the day.
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Kiir said he hoped opposition groups shared a similar conviction and desire for peace in South Sudan, which, when fully achieved, will bring everlasting stability and economic development to the region. The talks are between the government and rebel opposition groups that were not part of the 2018 agreement that ended the five-year civil war that left 400,000 people dead.
