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South Sudanese government and rebels started peace talks on Tuesday. Mediators hope to end the fighting that has left the world’s newest state on the brink1 of civil war.
The talks in neighbouring Ethiopia will focus on brokering2 a ceasefire to halt three weeks of violence that has killed at least 1,000 people and driven 200,000 from their homes. The two sides delayed talks for several days, haggling3 over the fate of 11 detainees held by the government in Juba. The rebels initially4 insisted on securing their release before negotiations5 started.
An Ethiopian diplomat6 said the Inter-governmental Authority on Development, a grouping of east African nations that initiated7 the talks, had sent its envoys8 to Juba to press President Salva Kiir to release the detainees.
