South Sudan On The Brink Of Civil War

Fears Of Civil War In South Sudan Grow As Army Loses Key Town -- L.A. Times

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Fears of civil war in South Sudan grew Thursday, after South Sudan's military admitted losing control of a key town in the country's east to army mutineers.

The army lost Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, to a military faction associated with former Vice President Riek Machar, who has been accused by President Salva Kiir of launching a coup. Fighting continued in the region Thursday.

Machar denies any coup attempt, claiming that Kiir is inciting ethnic tensions.

The country appeared to be sliding dangerously toward civil war with a major faction in the army disloyal to the president, fighting outside the capital and heightened ethnic tensions. About 20,000 civilians have fled the violence for shelter in U.N. compounds.

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More News On The Growing Violence In South Sudan

Tribal war fears in South Sudan as rival army units clash -- UPI
Fighting between rival military forces spreads in South Sudan -- Washington Post
South Sudan town falls to rebels as fighting spreads -- CNN
South Sudan Rebels Take Key Town of Bor -- Wall Street Journal
South Sudan Rebel Soldiers Hunt Civilians in Jonglei Capital -- Bloomberg Businessweek
United Nations base in South Sudan stormed -- The Guardian
South Sudan youth force way into UN peacekeeping mission base -- FOX News
U.N. says base in South Sudan attacked, lives reported lost -- Reuters
South Sudan attackers storm UN base -- BBC
Crisis in South Sudan Deepens -- Voice of America
Troops clash in South Sudan, African states mediate -- Reuters
Rival Calls for Overthrow of South Sudan President Kiir -- Voice of America
US Begins Evacuating Citizens from South Sudan as Unrest Spreads -- Voice of America
US, Brits evacuate South Sudan as violence spreads -- Washington Post/AP
Foreigners evacuate South Sudan as civil war threat grows -- Christian Science Monitor
South Sudan Erupts -- Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker