Salva Kiir became the first president of independent South Sudan in 2011
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has shown up at a regional leaders' summit in Ethiopia's capital, after earlier concerns about his health.
Mr Kiir, 63, looked well, reports the BBC's Emmanuel Igunza from the summit.
He was treated on Wednesday after suffering from nose bleeds, an official said, delaying the summit's start.
The summit will focus on hammering out a peace deal between Mr Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar to end the civil war in South Sudan.
About 1.5 million people have been displaced by the conflict.
Mr Kiir's aides denied earlier reports that he had been taken hospital on Wednesday night.
Mr Machar is also at the summit, which is being chaired by Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Many people are taking refuge in UN compounds in South Sudan
Mr Kiir and Mr Machar met on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, in talks brokered by the regional body, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad).
The two sides agreed in previous talks to form a unity government, but remain deadlocked over the powers of a new prime minister, our reporter says.
President Kiir sacked Mr Machar as South Sudan's deputy president in 2013 and later accused him of plotting a coup.
Mr Machar denied the allegation, but then raised a rebel force to fight government troops.
Mr Kiir has led South Sudan, the world's newest state, since its independence from Sudan in 2011.
Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31038678
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