South Sudan: Power sharing negotiations adjourn without agreement

Negotiations between South Sudan’s government and it’s opponents were adjourned on Friday. There is no date set for the next meeting.

The conflict erupted in December 2013 after a political dispute in which President Salva Kiir fired Riek Machar as deputy president.

The East African intergovernmental body – the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which organized the talks, will issue a statement later on Friday.

The conflict in South Sudan runs along ethnic rifts that pre-date independence.

On Thursday, the mediator said the talks had extended to Friday to allow the two sides to finalize details of a power sharing agreement.

An African Union report, yet to be officially released, calls for Kiir and Machar to be barred from a transitional government and for the oil-producing country to effectively be placed under AU control, sources and a draft of the report said.

Source: Reuters