n East African Intergovernmental Body (IGAD), mediating officer said peace talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels was adjourned on Friday 6 in Addis Ababa with no deal signed.
The official said no date was also fixed for the next meeting but the IGAD, which had organised the talks, would issue a statement later on Friday.
The IGAD mediation official said earlier Peace talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels were extended to Friday, 6 March.
This was after the warring leaders, President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, failed to meet an IGAD peace deadline of 5 March.
He said with the roadmap issued last month, talks were to have been completed by 5 March, with the goal of a transitional government by April.
Fighting in South Sudan erupted in December 2013 after Kiir dismissed his deputy, Machar accusing him of plotting a coup.
The war quickly took on ethnic tones and since then, more than 10,000 people have been killed while more than 1.5 million are now displaced from their homes.
South Sudan peace talks adjourn with no deal reached
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