DHAKA: South Sudan’s government and rebels have finally begun formal peace talks in Addis Ababa aimed at ending more than three weeks of unrest.

Ethiopia’s government spokesman said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.

‘They have begun,’ Getachew Reda said, after days of trying to get the two rival delegations into the same room to discuss a ceasefire.

BDST: 1948 HRS, JAN 06, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor