Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 20:35:30 +0200
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Ethiopia Admits Supporting South Sudan Rebel Leader Riek Machar
Written By Admin on May 19, 2014 | 2:15 PM
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Ethiopia has extended military support to South Sudan rebel leader Riek
Machar while simultaneously hosting the peace talks under the auspices of
IGAD, an Eritrean Government official said yesterday.
Citing diplomatic sources, the official said the Ethiopian Government has
acknowledged it is supporting Machar but attributed its support to "
<https://twitter.com/hawelti/status/467586913558208513> unruly acts of local
commanders" within its military.
"Curiously, the news has not been picked up by the press as yet although it
is now an open secret in the diplomatic grapevine." Said Yemane
Ghebremeskel, the director of President Isaias Afwerki's office.
"Perhaps as a pre-emptory ploy, Ethiopia had earlier alluded to
"circumstantial evidences" to falsely accuse Eritrea of supporting the
group." Yemane added.
South Sudan has been shaken by violence since last December, when President
Salva Kiir accused his sacked vice-president, Riek Machar, of attempting to
overthrow his regime.
The conflict has already claimed more than 10,000 lives, with the U.N.
estimating that some 3.7 million people in South Sudan are now "severely
food insecure" while around one million have been displaced by the violence.
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South Sudanese Rebel Leader Riek Machar shaking hands with unidentified
Ethiopian Government official in Addis Ababa.
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