UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged South Sudan's President Salva Kiir to release all political detainees and urged both sides in the recent fighting to end the violence immediately and begin peace negotiations.
"I called President Salva Kiir yesterday again and urged him to demonstrate leadership and political flexibility by immediately releasing political prisoners," he told reporters. "This crisis can be resolved only at the negotiating table and I urge the two sides to negotiate in earnest."
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