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January 3, 2014

South Sudan Peace Talks Begin; Rebels Forcibly Recruit Civilians 
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The military in South Sudan says rebels are forcibly recruiting
civilians in a bid to seize the capital of Juba even as peace talks
opened in Ethiopia. The rebels already control the strategic city of
Bor, the capital of the oil-producing Jonglei state. The United States
has been evacuating staff from the embassy in Juba amid continuing fears
of a full-blown civil war.

 

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