African Union or AU Commission Chairperson welcomed Inter-Governmental Authority on Development or IGAD Ministerial Mission to Juba following alleged coup attempt.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma commended IGAD’s Chair, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn for his timely initiative to dispatch a delegation to Juba.
She encouraged regional and international efforts to help diffuse the current tension and support South Sudanese parties to find a peaceful political solution to the crisis.
The Ministerial Mission headed by AU Commissioner for Peace and Security included ministers and high level officials from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somali, Sudan and Uganda.