Fighting Intensifies In S. Sudan As Faction Leaders Sit At Luxury Hotel -- Christian Science Monitor
Peace talks may be near but the US Embassy is pulling more staff from Juba, fighting is raging, and aid groups say delivering humanitarian assistance is daunting.
In a sign of worsening violence in South Sudan -- and despite the opening of peace talks Friday in Addis Ababa -- the US State Department said it is pulling more embassy staff from the capital Juba.
The “further drawdown” of embassy staff is due to the “deteriorating security situation” in South Sudan, where the UN says over a thousand people have been killed in fewer than three weeks of fighting between rebels and government forces.
On Friday, representatives of President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar were staying at the same luxury hotel in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, but the delegations had not begun to negotiate directly and are reportedly still working through intermediaries.
Meanwhile, despite expectations last week of a truce, fighting in South Sudan continues as the two main groups try to seize territory and resources to improve bargaining positions.
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More News On South Sudan's Civil War
South Sudan army says closing in to retake rebel-held Bor -- AFP
South Sudan peace talks open in Ethiopia as fighting continues -- CNN
South Sudan Forces Clash With Rebels as Peace Talks Near Start -- Bloomberg Businessweek
South Sudan peace talks underway in Addis Ababa -- Euronews
Preliminary South Sudan Peace Talks Under Way -- Voice of America
Mediators Face Delicate Task in S. Sudan Talks -- Voice of America
South Sudan opens peace talks as army takes rebel-held town -- News.com.au
S. Sudan talks start slowly as US pulls out more staff -- Reuters
State Dept. intensifies evacuation of South Sudan embassy -- RT
Marine aircraft ferries Americans from South Sudan -- FOX News/AP
Marines airlift US Embassy personnel out of South Sudan -- Stars and Stripes
Sudan: UN Warns South Sudan Displaced Could Reach 400,000 -- AllAfrica.com/Voice of America
Fighting in South Sudan -- Mike Pflanz, Christian Science Monitor
South Sudan: Destroying itself from within -- The Economist
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