african leaders have been trying to find a solution to end the violence at a summit in kennia. the meetingeneded with a call for dialogue. the president salva kiir was welcomed. they agreed to a ceasefire and are calling on vice president riek machar to do the same. our correspondent is in juba. >> the east african leaders meeting on friday called for both sides to end the conflict, to talk and talk first. they have given them until 31 december to do so. president salva kiir committed himself and his government. they have to be negotiations before the rebels agreed to any truce with the government. he cannot be committed to the government's professed commitment - cannot be confident with the government, commitment to peace talks until there are mechanisms for monitoring a ceasefire. he is saying that he has to see this mechanism put in place before he comes and talks to the government. now, there's only four days to go. there's not much time to put the mechanisms. they have to bet put in place before negotiations with the government. it means these four-day deadline given by th

the meeting in south sudan between the president of south sudan, the president of kennia, prime minister ethiopia. all three parties said the meeting had been constructive but no conclusions reached. african nations are calling on the conflict in south sudan to end immediately, for there to be peace talks immediately and a cease-fire to take place as fast as possible. it's not only african nations pushing for that, the u.s. is pushing vehemently as well. a special envoy to the country there, negotiating on the ground. right now it seems both sides are trying to gain ground on the battlefield. there's fighting around the down of bor, though that has been retaken by government forces. also fighting reported from other parts of the country, including the oil-rich north of the country where much of the revenue for south sudan comes from. this is far from resolved. the main thing has to be to get the two parties to the negotiating table otherwise the ethnic clashes going on could indeed descend the nation into a very, very bad conflict that threatens the integrity of the country as a whole. >