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No sanctions, but plans for peace talks as Kerry visits South Sudan

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In Juba, Kerry said that while the U.S. administration doesn't apply "any kind of equivalency" between an elected, sitting president and a rebel force, "both sides are now reportedly recruiting child soldiers and there are appalling accounts of sexual violence in the conflict."

 



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Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/05/01/226222/kerry-warns-of-famine-and-genocide.html?sp=/99/117/#storylink=cpProviding new details about efforts to beef up a United Nations peacekeeping force, Mr. Kerry said that he expected 2,500 African troops to be deployed in the coming weeks and that a new United Nations Security Council resolution would first need to be ado“We do need to secure an additional United Nations Security Council mandate,” he said. “I hope it can be done quickly.”

This story was originally published May 2, 2014 at 12:47 PM with the headline "No sanctions, but plans for peace talks as Kerry visits South Sudan."

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