African Union mediators arrive in South Sudan to try to rescue peace deal
AU’s “Council of the Wise”, which included former Kenyan judge Effie Owuor and former Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye (inset), are in Juba for talks aimed at averting a new civil war.
African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new civil war after First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest last week.
President Salva Kiir’s government has accused Machar, a longtime rival who led rebel forces during a 2013-18 war that killed hundreds of thousands, of trying stir up a new rebellion.
