Cease-fire imminent say leaders in South Sudan War. Sunday or Saturday night.
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[QUOTE]JUBA, South Sudan — Leaders for warring sides in South Sudan said Saturday they are close to signing a cease-fire in a monthlong conflict that the UN says has created a “horrifying human rights disaster.”
Military spokesman Philip Agur, meanwhile, said army forces retook the key city of Bor on Saturday, defeating a coalition of some 15,000 rebels.
There are doubts about how much control rebel leader and former Vice President Riek Machar has over some of the forces fighting for him, raising concerns about his ability to reign in all the rebels even if he signs an agreement.
In Juba, the capital of South Sudan, presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said he believed a cease-fire would be signed Sunday or Monday.
The latest conflict threatened to splinter Africa’s newest nation along tribal lines and came just 17 months after South Sudan became independent.
Fighting broke out Dec. 15 and spread throughout the country after whole army units defected. President Salva Kiir said it began with a coup attempt, a charge the rebels deny. Thousands are believed dead and hundreds of thousands have been forced from their [/QUOTE]
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