South Sudan Looks to UN Chief’s Visit This Week

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is due in the South Sudan capital, Juba, Thursday, his second visit since the country gained its independence in 2011. Ban's visit comes as implementation of the peace agreement signed last August between President Salva Kiir and his former vice president, Riek Machar, is proceeding only slowly.  Machar has reportedly said he will only travel to Juba to form a national unity government when nearly 3,000 of his troops and police are in the...

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