South Sudan Forces Advance On Rebel-held Town Before Peace Talks

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
2 January 2014
Tags:
South Sudan, Conflict, Peace and Security

South Sudan's army (SPLA) advanced towards the rebel-controlled town of Bor on Thursday, its spokesman said, as both sides gathered in Ethiopia for peace talks to end three weeks of violence that has pushed the country towards civil war. Both sides have agreed in principle to a ceasefire but neither has indicated when the fighting, which has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced nearly 200,000, will stop.

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