South Sudan accepts regional force after Igad push
Medics from aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) treat patients at a makeshift clinic at the Catholic Cathedral in the South Sudan's capital Juba on July 15, 2016 after days of fighting left hundreds dead and forced thousands to flee their homes. Countries in the region are making a last ditch effort to prevent South Sudan from degenerating into full-scale war. AFP PHOTO | PETER MARTELL
Countries in the region are making a last ditch effort to prevent South Sudan from degenerating into full-scale war.
Leaders from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) were meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to put diplomatic pressure on Juba to accept the planned deployment of a regional intervention force, which President Salva Kiir had rejected.
