South Sudan President Salva Kiir addresses the crowds at the John Garang's Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Jok Solomun ReutersJUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan will host peace talks in Juba next week between the government of Sudan in Khartoum and all Sudanese opposition armed groups, and will also include rebels from Darfur, a presidential adviser said on Monday. Independence for South Sudan in 2011 meant that many previously restive areas escaped Khartoum's rule, except for South Kordofan and Blue Nile, where rebels kept up their fight. The Khartoum government has unilaterally maintained a ceasefire with rebels in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan since 2015, and extended it in July. Sudan and South Sudan have long traded accusations of supporting rebels in each other's territory, during wars in which hundreds of thousands of people have died.

Source: Ethiopian News November 05, 2018 16:07 UTC