UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Ban Ki Moon revealed today that he has secured the agreement of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and former vice-president Riek Machar to meet for peace talks.
Mr Ban said that the two leaders of the country’s warring sides would travel to Ethiopia this week to parley.
Face-to-face talks would be the most significant political progress since fighting began in December.
MAISSON HASSAN highlights how amid bombed-out cities and collapsing hospitals, women-led initiatives are keeping communities alive
The spectre of ethnic cleansing looms over hundreds of thousands trapped without food, water, or medicines in the North Darfur state’s besieged capital, El Fasher, writes PAVAN KULKARNI
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE


