Fighting erupted in the South Sudan capital, Juba, in mid-December. It followed a political power struggle between President Salva Kiir and his ex-deputy Riek Machar. The squabble has taken on an ethnic dimension as politicians' political bases are often ethnic.
South Sudan Peace Deal Unsigned As Rebels Seek Detainee Release -- Bloomberg Businessweek
An accord to halt fighting in South Sudan hasn’t been signed because rebels are demanding the release of leading opponents detained by the government before they agree to a truce.
“We’ve agreed on a cessation document but rebels are reluctant to sign it,” South Sudanese Information Minister Michael Makuei said in an interview today at the negotiations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. “They’re connecting the signing with the release of the detainees, which is not in place.”
Violence erupted in South Sudan on Dec. 15 after President Salva Kiir accused former deputy Riek Machar, whom he fired in July, of trying to stage a coup. Machar denies the charge. The dispute escalated into clashes between members of Kiir’s ethnic Dinka community and Machar’s Nuer group. Peace talks between negotiators from both sides are into their third week in Addis Ababa.
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Sudan: South Sudan Army Claims Seizure of Malakal As Rebels Deny -- allAfrica.com/Sudan Tribune
South Sudan troops recapture key oil town Malakal -- BBC
South Sudan says retakes oil state capital Malakal, rebels deny -- Reuters
South Sudan Forces Retake Capital of Upper Nile -- Wall Street Journal
Uganda Playing Critical ‘Role’ to Solve South Sudan Conflict -- Voice of America
Nine Ugandan soldiers killed in South Sudan -- Times of India/AFP
9 Ugandan soldiers killed in S Sudan - army -- News24
Heavy fighting in South Sudan wounds 34 people seeking shelter inside UN base -- UN News Centre
South Sudan: Looting, Fighting and Remoteness Block Aid to 300,000 in South Sudan - UN -- allAfrica.com/Alertnet
South Sudan: 500,000 Flee Fighting in South Sudan -- allAfrica.com/Alertnet
South Sudan Fighters Warned On Atrocities -- allAfrica.com/Independent
South Sudan President Salva Kiir hits out at UN. -- BBC
S. Sudan blasts U.N. for wanting 'parallel' govt. -- Daily Star/AFP
Pressure mounts on South Sudan to end brutal conflict -- AFP
Sudan: UN - Possible War Crimes in South Sudan -- allAfrica.com/Voice of America
South Sudan: the death of a dream -- David Smith, The Guardian
With oil at stake, South Sudan’s crisis matters to its customers. -- Washington Post
South Sudan conflict: Inside ghost town of Bor -- Mark Lowen BBC
South Sudan Conflict: Five Things You Should Know -- Ludovica Iaccino, IBTimes
South Sudan: are western journalists getting it wrong? -- Sterling Carter, The Guardian
South Sudan crisis: How the oil that’s fuelled the deadly conflict might also help stop it -- Sudarsan Raghavan, Toronto Star/The Washington Post
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