South Sudan peace talks adjourn without any deal

Reuters has reported that Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels have adjourned Friday 6 March with no deal signed. No date was set for the next meeting, an IGAD mediation official said.

Earlier Peace talks between South Sudan's Government and rebels were extended to today, 6 March after the warring leaders President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar failed to meet an IGAD peace deadline of 5 March. According to the roadmap issued last month, talks were to have been completed by 5 March, with the goal of a transitional government by April.

The East African regional bloc, IGAD which stands for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and which has been mediating a power sharing deal between the two rivals, in Addis Ababa, will issue a statement later today.

Fighting in South Sudan erupted in December 2013 after President Salva Kiir dismissed his deputy, Riek Machar  accusing him of plotting a coup.

The war quickly took on ethnic tones. Since then, more than 10,000 people have been killed while more than 1.5 million are now displaced from their homes.

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