Former foes Ethiopia and Eritrea seek to boost S.Sudan peace deal
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir poses with Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Presidential Palace in Juba.
South Sudan’s influential Catholic Church last month warned that the deal agreed in September to quell the country’s war was falling apart and all sides were gearing for fresh fighting. Among other things, the leaders discussed bringing on board groups who rejected the deal inked in Addis Ababa, Nhial said.The UN has cautioned that tens of thousands face starvation as fighting continues despite the pact.
A conflict erupted that split the country along ethnic lines. Nearly 400,000 people are estimated to have died and millions have fled their homes, many of them pushed to the brink of starvation.
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