South Sudan's opposition is threatening to resort to "guerrilla warfare" if peace talks in Ethiopia fail in the coming days as government forces advance on remaining rebel strongholds in the fifth year of civil war. Although South Sudan high-level peace talks are set to resume on Feb. 5, opposition forces accuse the government of being more interested in "waging war" than in ending the conflict. The United States is pressing the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, saying its leaders are "betraying" the country. A past U.S. attempt under the Obama administration to have a U.N. arms embargo imposed on South Sudan failed without enough support from Security Council members. South Sudanese who are weary of the fighting doubt that a solution is in sight when peace talks resume in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.

Source: Ethiopian News February 01, 2018 15:56 UTC