Economics
Obama Wants African Leaders' Buy-in for South Sudan Plan
The president will press the strategy at a meeting Monday in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
An Ethiopian honour guard stands at attention during a welcoming ceremony for visiting US President Barack Obama at the National Palace in Addis Ababa on July 27, 2015.
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President Barack Obama will try Monday to sell regional leaders on a strategy to pressure warring South Sudanese factions into a peace deal by mid-August, an administration official said.
Obama will seek a unified stance on penalties if an Aug. 17 deadline is missed. That could include an arms embargo and sanctions targeting individuals’ assets and ability to travel, the official said. The goal would be to impose sanctions backed by some combination of the U.S., European Union, regional countries and the United Nations. It’s unclear how quickly the sanctions could kick in.