On Thursday, the communist nation’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, will begin its yearly session. the dual sessions do telegraph the general national agenda for the coming year.
South Sudan’s rebels on Tuesday warned that peace talks with the government could fail if the government does not make concessions, especially on the issue of how to share power in a possible unity government.
South Sudan’s warring factions have “disagreed on almost everything” since the resumption last week of the final round of negotiations in Ethiopia, according to a spokesman for rebel leader Riek Machar, who is attending ongoing talks in Addis …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
