After Kenya, Obama begins Ethiopia, Africa Union visit

South Sudan’s rivals – President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar, who will not be at the meeting – effectively face an ultimatum, a “final best offer,” according to one senior administration official.

“The parties have shown themselves to be utterly indifferent to their country and their people, and that is a hard thing to rectify,” the official said.

Rights groups, however, are not happy about Obama visiting Ethiopia, saying the trip could lend credibility to a government they accuse of suppressing democratic rights. They say that includes the jailing of journalists and critics, often using anti-terrorism legislation said to stifle peaceful dissent.

Source: AFP

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