All look to Nairobi to play neutral and finally seal South Sudan peace deal

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir (right) and rebel leader Riek Machar in Uganda for peace talks on July 7, 2018. PHOTO | AFP

The Nairobi Round of the South Sudan peace talks has been pushed forward, as mediators try to thrash out a consensus document on the outstanding issue of governance.

The talks, to be chaired by Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, will focus on power-sharing in the national and state governments, composition of parliament, reforms in the judiciary and the number of states South Sudan should have.