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South Sudan Government Ready For Ceasefire: Regional Leaders

South Sudan Government Ready For Ceasefire: Regional Leaders

Nairobi (AFP) – South Sudan’s government is ready for a ceasefire with rebels, regional leaders said Friday, urging the rebels to make a similar commitment.

A meeting of regional leaders “welcomed the commitment by the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to an immediate cessation of hostilities and called upon Dr. Riek Machar and other parties to make similar commitments,” Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said.

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