South Sudan: Ushering in a new beginning or another false dawn?

Reports that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has launched much-awaited national dialogue come as a huge relief to the suffering people of South Sudan.

A political row that erupted three years ago after Mr Kiir sacked his then estranged deputy Riek Machar, followed up later by an attempted coup has spiralled into a full-blown armed conflict that has literally taken down the world’s newest country.