South Sudan Peace Talks

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  'I Don't Want Any More Bloodshed In South Sudan': President

  South Sudan's President Salva Kiir called on arch-rival Riek Machar today to meet for talks to salvage peace after days of intense gun battles in the capital Juba.

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  South Sudan President Signs Peace Deal Despite Concerns

  South Sudan's president signed a peace deal on Wednesday to end a 20-month conflict with rebels, but he told regional African leaders at the ceremony that he had "serious reservations".

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  Regional Interests 'Undermining' South Sudan Peace Talks

  South Sudan's floundering peace talks are being undermined by the economic interests of the regional states leading the process, an advocacy group warned today.

• UN Security Council Warns of Sanctions After South Sudan Talks Fail

  The UN Security Council deplored Tuesday the collapse of peace talks between South Sudan's warring factions, and once more threatened sanctions.

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  UN Chief Urges South Sudan Leaders to Continue Talks

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he was profoundly disappointed with the failure of South Sudan's warring factions to reach a peace deal but said talks should continue.

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  South Sudan Peace Talks Collapse, Mediator Berates Leaders

  Troubled talks to end more than a year of fighting in South Sudan broke up without a deal on Friday, prompting the mediator to say leaders on both sides were failing in their duty to find peace.

• US Says to Propose UN Sanctions Regime for South Sudan

  The US delegation to the United Nations informed members of the Security Council on Tuesday that it will circulate a draft resolution establishing an international sanctions regime for conflict-torn South Sudan, a US official said on Tuesday.

• War, Hunger Darken South Sudan Third Anniversary

  South Sudan's warring leaders called on each other to restart peace talks on Wednesday, all the while trading blame for a raging civil war that marred independence celebrations in the world's youngest nation.

• South Sudan: UN's Ban Urges Warring Leaders to Resume Talks

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the leaders of South Sudan's two warring factions to resume peace talks, as he marked three years on Tuesday since the founding of the struggling African nation.

• South Sudan Peace Talks Halt With No Progress Made

  Peace talks between South Sudan rebels and the government adjourned on Monday with no progress made on forming an interim government or implementing a ceasefire.

• Troops Needed to Shore up Shaky South Sudan Peace: United States

  The United States called Wednesday for an immediate deployment of African troops to safeguard a fragile peace deal reached last week by warring sides in Sudan.

• Warring South Sudan Rivals Head for Peace Talks

  South Sudan's president and rebel chief prepared to meet on Friday for the first time since brutal civil war broke out nearly five months ago, amid mounting international pressure to stem bloodshed and avert famine.

• Crimes Against Humanity Likely Carried Out in South Sudan War: UN

  Warring forces on both sides of South Sudan's brutal civil war have likely carried out crimes against humanity, the UN said today, a day ahead of planned peace talks between the president and rebel chief.

• South Sudan facing US sanctions during John Kerry trip

  Secretary of State John Kerry will renew his threat of sanctions against militants in a visit next week to South Sudan, where ethnic killings are ripping apart the 3-year-old nation and all but scuttling peace talks.

• South Sudan rebels withdraw threat to boycott peace talks

  South Sudanese rebels withdrew on Tuesday a threat to boycott peace talks with the government, saying mediators had promised to address their list of demands.