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South Sudan new VP holds talks in first Khartoum visit

South Sudan's new Vice President Taban Deng Gai and Sudanese officials on Sunday discussed outstanding issues since Sudan's north-south split in 2011 as he began his two-day visit to Khartoum.

Deng's first visit to Sudan as vice president comes weeks after he replaced former rebel leader Riek Machar following July clashes in Juba that killed hundreds of people.

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