Igad talks fail to hammer out power-sharing deal in South Sudan

The extraordinary summit of five African Heads of State in Ethiopia has failed yet again to hammer out a power-sharing deal between South Sudan President Salva Mayrdit Kiir and his former deputy, Dr Riek Machar.

This is even after President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is Chairman of East African Community (EAC) and Ethiopia’s Hailemariam Desalegn, who chairs the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), steered two day intensive talks.