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South Sudan parties set to resume peace talks in Kenya

People displaced by conflict in Sudan are seen at the reception center in Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. [Xinhua]

South Sudan's Transitional Government of National Unity and holdout opposition groups will resume peace talks in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, on Monday, a chief mediator announced on Friday.

Lazaro Sumbeiywo, chief mediator for the high-level mediation process for South Sudan, said the Nairobi peace talks, dubbed "Tumaini" meaning hope in Swahili, will iron out the outstanding issues within the two weeks' time frame set by presidents from Kenya and South Sudan Wednesday.

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