Ceasefire Monitors to Deploy in South Sudan

East African countries are sending envoys to South Sudan to monitor a shaky cease-fire between rebels and government forces.The regional bloc IGAD has directed special envoys to set up a monitoring presence in South Sudan within 48 hours. The decision was announced Friday at the African Union summit in Ethiopia. The monitors are the vanguard of a larger team that will monitor the cease-fire, brokered by IGAD last week. Reuters news agency reports a British envoy at Friday's talks said...

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