South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel chief Riek Machar on Thursday were given another 100 days to form a power-sharing government after failing to resolve differences, a fresh delay that prompted a sharp US warning that the fledgling nation needed new leaders.
Rebel leader Riek Machar, South Sudan President Salva Kiir, Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Sudan’s Transitional Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan pose for photos after talks at State House.
“It was really impossible to have them reach agreement in five days. We’ve given them three months and we will continue our engagement,” Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa told AFP following the closed-door discussions at State House in Entebbe. “The US is considering all possible options to put pressure on those individuals who would impede peace and promote conflict,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Another extension is far preferable than a return to conflict,” said Alan Boswell, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group think tank.
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