Regional African body IGAD said it planned to hold emergency talks on Monday to discuss the situation in South Sudan after deadly fighting between rival factions of Vice President Riek Machar's party.
In this file photograph taken on February 14, 2019, a member of SPLA-IO stands guard as peace talks take place in Pageri, Imatong State, South Sudan. – Deadly fighting erupted on August 7, 2021, between rival factions of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar’s SPLA-IO, his military spokesman said in a statement. The clashes erupted after Machar’s rivals declared this week they had deposed him as the head of the party and its military forces.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development said the virtual meeting would involve foreign ministers of the seven-nation bloc. The bloc has been a key player in peace talks to end the young country’s five-year civil war between forces loyal to Machar and his old foe President Salva Kiir that cost almost 400,000 lives.
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