{UAH} US, regional mediators meet Machar in S. Sudan: rebels

Children walk through river water as they get off a boat at the port in the village of Minkamen in Awerial county, South Sudan on January 11, 2014. AFP PHOTO/PHIL MOORE
January 12, 2014 09:14 AM

ADDIS ABABA: US and regional mediators in the South Sudan conflict met Saturday with Riek Machar, who heads the rebel forces that have been fighting government troops for the past month, the rebel delegation said.

"The American Special envoy to South Sudan and Sudan, Donald Booth together with [regional] mediators travelled to an undisclosed location in South Sudan to meet Dr. Riek Machar," said a statement, received Sunday and signed by Machar's former press officer Miyong G. Kuon.

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