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| NAIROBI, Kenya — Peace talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between the government of South Sudan and rebels ended with no agreement on Friday, even after a day’s extension. | NAIROBI, Kenya — Peace talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between the government of South Sudan and rebels ended with no agreement on Friday, even after a day’s extension. |
| The Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said in a statement that he regretted that “the talks did not produce the necessary breakthrough.” | The Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said in a statement that he regretted that “the talks did not produce the necessary breakthrough.” |
| Some of the difficult issues have been transitional justice, power sharing and security. | Some of the difficult issues have been transitional justice, power sharing and security. |
| Both sides blamed each other for the failure. | Both sides blamed each other for the failure. |
| “They are not flexible and brought new positions to the table,” Michael Makuei, South Sudan minister of information, said of the rebels. | “They are not flexible and brought new positions to the table,” Michael Makuei, South Sudan minister of information, said of the rebels. |
| Puot Kang Chol, a spokesman for the rebels, accused the government of stalling. “The government rejected our demands without giving substantial reasons,” he said. | Puot Kang Chol, a spokesman for the rebels, accused the government of stalling. “The government rejected our demands without giving substantial reasons,” he said. |
| The impact of delayed peace is expected to be seen on the ground, said Oxfam, an international aid organization. “The people of South Sudan continue to suffer in this manmade crisis,” Zlatko Gegic, Oxfam’s South Sudan country director, said in a statement, “with 2.5 million people at risk of severe hunger by the end of this month, and no end in sight as this process yet again fails to deliver peace.” | |
| “For communities across South Sudan,” he said, “this was a critical opportunity to begin peace, and that opportunity has been missed.” | |
| On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to impose sanctions on any party that disrupts efforts to restore peace in South Sudan, but it stopped short of barring the warring factions from buying more arms. | On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to impose sanctions on any party that disrupts efforts to restore peace in South Sudan, but it stopped short of barring the warring factions from buying more arms. |
| The draft of an investigative report on the crisis by the African Union, leaked to Reuters, recommended that both the South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir, and his rival, the rebel leader Riek Machar, be barred from a transitional government. The 60-page draft also suggested that South Sudan, an oil-producing country, be placed under control of the African Union, Reuters reported. | The draft of an investigative report on the crisis by the African Union, leaked to Reuters, recommended that both the South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir, and his rival, the rebel leader Riek Machar, be barred from a transitional government. The 60-page draft also suggested that South Sudan, an oil-producing country, be placed under control of the African Union, Reuters reported. |
| The inquiry, led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, blames Britain, Norway and the United States for creating “a politically unchallenged armed power” by backing a 2005 peace deal that “ushered in an unaccountable political class,” Reuters said. | The inquiry, led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, blames Britain, Norway and the United States for creating “a politically unchallenged armed power” by backing a 2005 peace deal that “ushered in an unaccountable political class,” Reuters said. |
| The findings were to be presented to the Peace and Security Council of the African Union on Jan. 29, but the body decided not to release the report because it feared that its publication would disrupt peace negotiations, Reuters quoted African Union diplomats as saying. | The findings were to be presented to the Peace and Security Council of the African Union on Jan. 29, but the body decided not to release the report because it feared that its publication would disrupt peace negotiations, Reuters quoted African Union diplomats as saying. |
| A civil war has been raging in South Sudan since fighting erupted between forces loyal to Mr. Kiir and rebels allied with Mr. Machar, his former vice president, in December 2013. Tens of thousands are believed to have been killed in the fighting, and about two million have been displaced. | A civil war has been raging in South Sudan since fighting erupted between forces loyal to Mr. Kiir and rebels allied with Mr. Machar, his former vice president, in December 2013. Tens of thousands are believed to have been killed in the fighting, and about two million have been displaced. |