South Sudan said Monday Sudanese war planes and artillery had bombarded its territory on the eve of peace talks, as Southern officials set set off to attend African Union...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
-led negotiations in Æthiopia. "They are bombing South Sudan, attacking South Sudan, and continuing to send gangs to destablise South Sudan... these are not the signs of peace," South Sudan's top negotiator Pagan Amum told news hounds.
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