President William Ruto has arrived in South Sudan for talks with his host President Salva Kiir.

Ruto is in the country on an official visit for a meeting on a peace-making initiative seeking to end the country's unending conflict.

The talks between the two leaders are a key step towards the final signing and implementation of the Tumaini Initiative.

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Tumaini Initiative was launched on May 9, 2024, in Nairobi.

It is a high-level mediation for the conflict in South Sudan by incorporating all the holdout groups that have not signed the 2018 R-ARCSS (Revitalised Agreement on Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan).

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Ruto, Kiir and former Kenyan Army Commander and Chief Mediator Major-Gen Lazarus Sumbeiywo are the lead initiative mediators.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir with his counterpart William Ruto in Juba on November 6, 2024./PCS
President William Ruto with his host Salva Kiir in Juba on November 6, 2024./PCS

President William Ruto with his host S alva Kiir in Juba on November 6, 2024./PCS
President William Ruto inspects a parade mounted in his honour when he arrived in South Sudan on November 6, 2024./PCS


President William Ruto inspects a parade mounted in his honour when he arrived in South Sudan on November 6, 2024./PCS
President William Ruto inspects a parade mounted in his honour when he arrived in South Sudan on November 6, 2024./PCS