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| President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn Chair the 28th IGAD extraordinary summit on South Sudan conflict in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With them is Dr Riek Machar (extreme left) and President Salva Kiir (extreme right). |
ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan's rebels on Saturday accused government forces of attacking their positions, just hours after the two sides promised an immediate halt to their nearly 11-month-old civil war.
Chief rebel negotiator Taban Deng said troops loyal to President Salva Kiir launched an assault earlier in the day from their positions around the hotly-contested northern oil hub of Bentiu.
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