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The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan issued a joint declaration in New Alamein, Egypt, on 4 October.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir travelled to Nairobi on 4 October for talks with Kenya's President William Ruto, his first foreign trip since he dissolved the transitional unity government on 22 September.
