South Sudan crisis puts damper on Tumaini talks

President William Ruto and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir in Juba, for talks over the Tumaini peace initiative.

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An escalating crisis in South Sudan is becoming a threat to peace talks in Nairobi, that had sought to rope in armed groups into a coalition government and dissuade them from violence.

Now the very coalition, known as the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) is limping with cracks emerging after two of the biggest members bickered and violence ensued.