SOUTH SUDAN peace talks, previously held in neighbouring Kenya, will resume under a directive from President Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto.

The two leaders met on Wednesday and directed the mediation team to reconvene.

The talks had stalled after President Kiir’s former rival Riek Machar’s party withdrew in July, citing plans by the mediators to replace the 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war in which more than 400,000 people died.