South Sudan's warring sides restart talks under sanctions threat

ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan's rival factions resumed peace talks on Thursday to end 20 months of bloodshed, under growing international pressure and the threat of further sanctions if an Aug. 17 deadline is not met.

Fighting broke out in the world's youngest country at the end of 2013 between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and rebels allied with his former deputy Riek Machar, reopening ethnic fault lines that pit Kiir's Dinka people against Machar's Nuer forces.