South Sudan rules out rebel leader Machar rejoining government

South Sudan President Salva Kiir arrives at the national palace to negotiate with South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South Sudan offered to allow a rebel representative to join its government on Friday, but ruled out Riek Machar, saying they had "had enough" of the rebel leader after five years of civil war.

"Machar cannot be part of government. We have had enough of him," Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth told a news conference in the Ethiopian capital.