South Sudan Rebels Warn of Government Attack as Talks Drag
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South Sudanese rebels said government forces are mobilizing in the eastern state of Jonglei as leaders failed again to agree on a power-sharing deal in Ethiopia.
Troops, battle tanks and other equipment are being amassed in Gadiang and Poktap “with the immediate intention of launching coordinated attacks,” Lul Ruai Koang, a spokesman for insurgents opposed to President Salva Kiir’s rule, said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday.