Machar meets Ethiopia’s PM Desalegn
April 1, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – First Vice President designate, Riek Machar, who has been in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Thursday met with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, his press secretary said.
The top opposition leader of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) left the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday after holding meetings with the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
In a briefing to the South Sudanese community in Nairobi, he called on members of the opposition’s leadership in Nairobi to begin to move to Juba in preparation for his soon return.
Machar for the last one month reportedly toured a number of African countries and met with their respective presidents and prime ministers, briefing them about the issues in the implementation of the peace deal and asking for their support for its full implementation.
He met with leaders representing East, West, South and North of the African regional blocs in the African Union (AU).
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