Addis Ababa, May 9 (Reuters) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar met on Friday for the first time since ethnic fighting broke out in Africa's youngest country in December, a Reuters witness said.
Kiir and Machar held talks in Ethiopia's capital amid growing international pressure for a peace deal to end a conflict that the United States has warned could descend into genocide. The pair shook hands. (Reporting by Aaron Maasho; Editing by Richard Lough and Robin Pomeroy)
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