South Sudan President Does About-Face, Attends Peace Talks

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir did an about-face Sunday and traveled to the Ethiopian capital to attend the final hours of talks to end South Sudan's 20-month war. Cabinet Affairs Minister Martin Elia Lomoro -- who on Friday said Mr. Kiir would not be attending the talks -- told reporters at a hastily convened news conference in Juba that President Kiir had been convinced by regional leaders, "and especially President Yoweri Museveni, who we consider a...

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