- published: 21 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Government 'Agrees To Truce' - Updated 27 Dec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwu_PUK7Dw8 (Latest Video 27 Dec) S. Sudan Crisis: Kenya and Ethiopia Leaders in Juba For Talks - Updated 26 Dec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySsFSALMapg (26 Dec Video) Security Council OKs Thousands More Troops To South Sudan - 25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T3AoYSdle4 UN's Ban Ki Moon Seeks To Boost South Sudan Force - 24 Dec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQemmH1J6IY South Sudan Army Set To Move On Rebel Held Town of Bor.- Upadted 23 Dec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XVrtEtYNx8 South Sudan Rebel Riek Machar 'Controls Key State' - 22 Dec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aUKcWncq1o 4 U S Troops Hurt in South Sudan Gunfire - 21 Dec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7K571f-sjs Kerry Sends Envoy To South Sudan As Violence Grows - 21 Dec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnGTc9EDJvo The government of South Sudan has agreed to an immediate end to fighting with rebels, East African leaders meeting in Nairobi say. The leaders said they "welcomed the commitment by the government of the Republic of South Sudan to an immediate cessation of hostilities". They called on rebel leader Riek Machar to "make similar commitments". More than 1,000 people are said to have died in recent fighting in the world's newest state. At least 100,000 people have fled their homes, with about 60,000 seeking refuge at UN compounds across the country, according to the UN, which is sending extra peacekeepers. President Salva Kiir is engaged in a deadly power struggle with Mr Machar, his former vice-president. Members of Mr Kiir's Dinka ethnic group and Mr Machar's Nuer community have both been targeted in the violence. The violence erupted after President Kiir accused his former vice-president, who was sacked in July, of plotting a coup. The fighting quickly spread to half of Sudan's 10 states. East African regional leaders, who make up an eight-member bloc known as Igad, held talks in the Kenyan capital Nairobi a day after the leaders of Kenya and Ethiopia met Mr Kiir in South Sudan's capital, Juba. They have said they will not accept a violent overthrow of the government in South Sudan. Oil town battle President Kiir did not attend the talks in Nairobi nor, apparently, did any representative of Mr Machar. Violence has continued through the week with conflicting reports on Friday about the situation in Malakal, capital of oil-producing Upper Nile State. Army spokesman Philip Aguer told Reuters news agency in Juba that the rebels in Malakal had been defeated. "[Government forces] are 100% in control of Malakal town and are pursuing the forces of the coup," he said. But a rebel spokesman in Unity State, Moses Ruai Lat, told AFP "the whole of Malakal" was now in the hands of Machar loyalists. "All those forces who are loyal to the president have been cleared and the former governor of Upper Nile, Simon Kun Poch, is on the run," he said. The fighting is affecting oil production, which accounts for 98% of government revenue. Calling for an immediate halt to the fighting, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said two peace envoys should be appointed to talk to both sides. He suggested that one of these could be Gen Lazaro Sumbeiywo, who helped broker the 2005 Sudan peace deal which led to the South's independence in 2011. China, which buys most of South Sudan's oil, has also sent an envoy to the region to try to negotiate an end to the fighting. The UN Security Council has voted to almost double the number of UN peacekeepers to 12,500. Subscibe For Breaking News http://worldbreakingnewschannel.blogspot.in/ TAGS abc breaking news, bbc, bbc football, bbc iplayer, bbc news, bbc news america, bbc persian, bbc sport, bbc weather, bbc world news, breaking celebrity news, breaking election news, breaking late news, breaking local news, breaking music news, breaking news, breaking news alerts, breaking news canada, breaking news headlines, breaking news in atlanta, breaking news in nigeria, breaking news india, breaking news pensacola florida, breaking news plane crash, breaking news story, breaking sports news, business expensive news home media world, christian world news, cnn, cnn breaking news, cnn money, cnn news, cnn news breaking news, cnn news world, detroit breaking news, global news, headline, headline news, health care technology news, hot latest global news, internet technology news, las vegas breaking news, latest breaking news, latest celebrity news, latest information technology news, latest music news, latest news, latest news headlines, latest news update, latest sports news, live breaking news, local breaking news, local news today, msn breaking news, nbc breaking news, nbc world news, news of the world, news report us world, news today news, news updated daily, solar technology news, sports news today,