Outlining details of a meeting to be held in Addis Ababa, a US official travelling with the US president on Air Force One said,
“This is an opportunity to reinforce the effort that’s on the table and to strategies on next steps in the event that it doesn’t succeed.”
The US president is expected to meet with the presidents of Uganda, Kenya, the prime minister of Ethiopia, the chairwoman of the African Union and the foreign minister of Sudan.
The official said that the African bloc of nations, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, had set a deadline of August 17 on a peace agreement that it had formulated for South Sudan.
Elements of a “plan B” that are to be discussed on Monday could include an arms embargo and sanctions on individuals’ assets and travel.
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