Vice-President Riek Machar

Vice-President Riek Machar: Negotiators from South Sudans two warring sides are scheduled to arrive in Ethiopia for peace talks late Wednesday, as the top United Nations official in the country urged both forces to bring the country back from the brink, according to The Chronicle Herald. Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, is the current centre of ethnically-based violence stemming from the political rivalry between President Salva Kiir and ousted Vice-President Riek Machar, the rebel leader accused of mounting a failed coup attempt and Fighting continued Wednesday in South Sudans city of Bor a gateway city to the capital, Juba a government official said. Bor is just 120 kilometres 75 miles from Juba. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.