South Sudan to Host Peace-Deal Talks as UN Threatens Action

East African leaders will gather in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, on Wednesday to discuss President Salva Kiir’s standpoint on a proposed peace deal, the country’s Foreign Ministry said.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, Sudanese leader Umar al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn will attend the meeting, spokesman Mawien Makol Arik said by phone Tuesday from the city. The leaders will “consult on the peace process and the position of the government,” he said.