Sudan president Omar al-Bashir is today expected in the country to join other regional heads of state in Kampala for discussions on the progress of a peace deal between the warring parties in the South Sudan conflict.
President Bashir was invited along with Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. Mr Desalegn also chairs the regional bloc, Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (Igad) assembly of heads of state.
Today's meeting comes on the heels of the August 17 deadline set by Igad and backed by the international community led by the United States for president Salva Kiir and his former deputy Dr Riek Machar to make peace.
The meeting is a follow-up to last month's summit between US president Barack Obama and select regional heads of state on resolving the South Sudan conflict.
He warned that there is "no time to wait" to end the conflict and warned of economic sanctions and arms blockades if the two parties cannot reach a deal. Read more
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