After meeting Ethiopia last week, South Sudan rival leaders are set for another peace talk in Sudan.
Rebel leader Riek Machar and his counterpart, President Salva Kiir are to continue with talks to find a solution to current civil war.
Last week, the South Sudanese government said Machar cannot re-join the government. It says it would rather prefer another representative from the rebels but not their leader.
Sudan’s state-run news agency SUNA says Machar arrived on Sunday in Khartoum for the second round of talks in a month.
Outcome of initial discussions
South Sudan government officials say they had “had enough” of Riek Machar.
The government is willing to let back a rebel representative but ruled out rebel leader Riek Machar.
Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth told journalists in Addis Ababa that “Machar cannot be part of government”.
Regional bloc efforts
Ongoing efforts are meant to mediate and get parties to seal a new deal. The plan is for the country to return to a power sharing agreement and ending the war.
Thousands of people have died in the 2013 civil war after troops loyal to the rebel Machar clashed with government troops.
South Sudan gained independence in 2011 from north Sudan but fighting broke out two years later.
Source: Africafeeds.com
