US Sends Envoy to South Sudan

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is sending a special envoy to South Sudan to encourage talks between opposing factions in the world's newest country. Kerry said late Friday Ambassador Donald Booth will go to the region immediately to help facilitate talks to bring an end to the violence that erupted after President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, accused former vice president Riek Machar, a Nuer, of attempting a coup. The U.N. Security Council has urged the two sides to bring a...

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