Ethiopian, TPLF Forces Launch Hotline as New Round of Peace Talks Begin

The peace deal highlights how needless all that suffering was. BY CARA ANNA | AP A new round of talks began Monday between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of […]

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Ethiopia Not Suitable Venue for South Sudan Peace Talks: Minister

‘South Sudan’s Peace Process Shouldn’t be held hostage by the political crisis in Ethiopia’ – Gov’t Spokesperson BY TESFANEWS South Sudan government has proposed a change of venue for hosting the next round of the High-Level Revitalization Forum due to the political situation in Ethiopia, Minister of information, Michael Makuei has said.

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South Sudan Accuses IGAD Chief Mediator of “Dictating” Negotiations

By Sudan Tribune, The South Sudanese government has accused the chief mediator in its ongoing talks, Seyoum Mesfin of dictating terms ahead the deadline set for a final peace deal to end the 20-months old conflict in the world’s youngest nation. Addressing reporters in Addis Ababa on Saturday, information minister Michael Makuei said peace negotiations […]

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Juba Pull Out of Peace Talks, Rebels Accuse IGAD of Confusing the Process

By Sudan Tribune, The South Sudanese government announced today that President Salva Kiir would not travel to the Ethiopian capital to meet his rival Riek Machar for peace talks as it has officially pull out of the talks despite 17 August deadline. Martin Elia Lomoro, minister of cabinet affairs told reporters that government lead negotiators […]

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South Sudan Accuses Foreign Powers of Blocking Peace Deal

By Sudan Tribune, A senior member of South Sudan’s governing Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has accused unnamed foreign powers of allegedly playing a negative role in blocking attempts to resolve the more than 19 months long civil war with the armed fighters allied to the former vice president, Riek Machar. This came after many […]

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