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Talk with Machar, IGAD heads of state tell Kiir

Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs minister, reads a speech after the extra-ordinary session of the IGAD Heads of State and Government on the situation in South Sudan at State House, Nairobi, Friday.  [PHOTO: PIUS CHERUIYOT/STANDARD].

By LONAH KIBET

South Sudan: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development has resolved to make contact and hold talks with South Sudan’s former vice president Riek Machar in efforts to restore peace in Africa’s newest state.

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