The Morning Call
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has called for a “national dialogue” to end the three-year-long civil war in the country. Recent weeks have witnessed freh ethnic killings — most allegedly carried out by Kiir’s forces — in and around the southern town of Yei have triggered genocide warnings from the UN.
Meanwhile, emerging reports of South Africa holding South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar continue to raise controversy. According to diplomatic and political sources in the country, this is to stop him from stirring up trouble and prevent a genocide from occurring in the east african country.
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