South Sudan rebel leader to attend talks with president in Addis Ababa

The meeting would be the first time that Kiir and Machar have met since a peace deal between the government and Machar’s rebel group fell apart in August 2016. [REUTERS]

South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar has accepted an invitation from the Ethiopian Prime Minister to talks with South Sudanese president Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa next week, a spokesman for Machar said on Wednesday.

“The Movement welcomes this invitation ... it will go a long way in building confidence in the peace process,” the spokesman said in an emailed statement.