Mistrust threatens Kenya-led peace talks on South Sudan

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Head of the delegation of South Sudan to the Sant’Egidio Rome initiative talks Barnaba Benjamin making his address at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi, Kenya on March 12, 2021. PHOTO | NMG

Doubts among some hold-out armed groups in South Sudan is threatening the start of peace talks to be mediated by Kenya President William Ruto in Nairobi.

A section of the hold-out groups, named so for refusing to sign the 2018 peace deal, is demanding the talks to be returned to Rome to first decide on whether all the parties can trust President.