CCTV9英语新闻：南苏丹政府反对派开始和平谈判（在线收听）

South Sudanese government and rebels started peace talks on Tuesday. Mediators hope to end the fighting that has left the world’s newest state on the brink of civil war.

The talks in neighbouring Ethiopia will focus on brokering a ceasefire to halt three weeks of violence that has killed at least 1,000 people and driven 200,000 from their homes. The two sides delayed talks for several days, haggling over the fate of 11 detainees held by the government in Juba. The rebels initially insisted on securing their release before negotiations started.

An Ethiopian diplomat said the Inter-governmental Authority on Development, a grouping of east African nations that initiated the talks, had sent its envoys to Juba to press President Salva Kiir to release the detainees.