African leaders seek peace talks in South Sudan
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Fighting persisted in parts of South Sudan's oil-producing region as African leaders tried Thursday to advance peace talks between the country's president and political rivals he accuses of attempting a coup to seize control of the world's newest country.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn had "a constructive dialogue" with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, according to Kiir's foreign minister. But the fugitive former deputy president who now leads renegade troops was not represented, and no political breakthrough emerged. (AP)
