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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir speaks during the launch of a new round of peace talks between the South Sudan government and rebel groups on at the State House in Nairobi on May 9, 2024. South Sudan's government launched a new round of peace talks with rebel groups on May 9, 2024 in Nairobi, with Kenya mediating after previous negotiations fell apart in 2022. Previously, talks between the government and a coalition of rebel groups, which did not sign a 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war, were brokered in Rome by a Catholic association with ties to the Vatican. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)