South Sudan's Rebels Ready to Return to Capital Starting Tuesday
- Visit part of power-sharing deal to end two-year conflict
- Plans to form transitional government have been delayed
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South Sudan’s main rebel movement said it’s prepared to return to the capital, Juba, starting from Tuesday as part of efforts at creating a transitional government to end almost two years of civil war.
An “advance team” of 550 people would be led by Taban Deng Gai, the chief negotiator for insurgents led by former Vice President Riek Machar, the rebels’ foreign relations chairman, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, said Saturday in an e-mailed statement.