The former governor of Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo says dialogue, not bounties on rebels, is needed to halt fighting in the country’s east. Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to maintain security as tensions rise between the government and opposition leadership. Officials from the United States and Ukraine are in Saudi Arabia for talks on ending Ukraine’s war with Russia, with Kyiv’s negotiators expected to present a partial ceasefire plan.