12/01/2014
South Sudan crisis: US envoy meets rebel leader Machar
Efforts to broker a ceasefire in South Sudan have continued with a US special envoy and other mediators meeting the rebel leader, Riek Machar. Special envoy Donald Mr Booth met Mr Machar at an undisclosed location in South Sudan. He said later mediators would continue to press for the release of jailed associates of Mr Machar for them to attend peace talks in Ethiopia. A rebel spokesman said a ceasefire would be signed if they were freed. Speaking to BBC News, spokesman Hussein Mar Nyuot dismissed claims from the South Sudanese government that its forces were now in...
