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31 Dec Media Monitoring Report United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Media & Spokesperson Unit Communications & Public Information Office MEDIA MONITORING REPORT Find us on Social Media Facebook Twitter YouTube TUESDAY, 31, DECEMBER 2013 MEDIA MONITORING REPORT NATIONAL • Fresh fighting erupts in South Sudan's flashpoint town of Bor (Reuters) • South Sudan Rebels Counter-attack, Ignore Ceasefire Deadline (naharnet/AFP) • Thousands flee as rebels close in on South Sudan town (Daily Nation, Kenya) • Machar camp claims recapture of strategic town from SPLA (Sudan Tribune) • South Sudan: fresh fighting erupts around Bor (The Guardian) • Fighting continues in South Sudan as AU threatens sanctions (RTE) • Fresh Fighting Erupts In Jonglei Capital (Gurtong) • South Sudan rebels attack key town (BBC) • Fighting Erupts In Unity State’s Mayom County (Gurtong) • Ceasefire Deadline Approaches in South Sudan Conflict (DW/Allafrica) • South Sudan Unrest Displaces 181,000 - UNMISS (VOA) • Threats Unhelpful to Resolve South Sudan Crisis, Says Marcher Ally (VOA) • South Sudan President Salva Kiir rules out power sharing (Standard Digital, Kenya) • Kiir: No power sharing and no release of detainees (Radio Tamazuj) • South Sudan: More Aid Needed for 70,000 People Living in Catastrophic Conditions (MSF) • Bahr el Ghazal governors vow to protect of Nuer community (Sudan Tribune) • Bishop: Jonglei rebel Yau Yau ready for peace talks (Radio Tamazuj) • South Sudan Traders Warned Against Illegal Hiking Of Prices (Gurtong) REGIONAL • Uganda warns South Sudan rebel leader (Aljazeera) • South Sudan's Machar urged to accept ceasefire (Xinhua) • S’Sudan crisis: President rules out power sharing with rebel leader (Punch) • South Sudan: Machar Welcomes Ceasefire, Warns of Museveni's Role in South Sudan Crisis (Sudan Tribune) • Uganda sends forces to help Salva Kiir 'defeat Machar' (Radio Tamazuj) • Stop Museveni From Destroying South Sudan! SSHR (Gurtong) • Addis Ababa Talks! Hope for End of Crisis (Sudan Vision) • Uganda Says Machar Telling Lies On Jet Bombing Rebel Positions in Jonglei (Sudan Tribune) INTERNATIONAL • UN chief urges full cooperation of S. Sudan parties to solve crisis (Xinhua) • Sudan: JEM Denies Involvement in South Sudan Conflict (Sudan Tribune) • Uganda's President Warns South Sudan's Rebel Chief As Ceasefire Deadline Looms (DW/AllAfrica) • SSHURSA Urges International Community to Disallow President Museveni Destroys South Sudan (South Sudan News Agency) NOTE: Reproduction here does not mean that the UNMISS Communications & Public Information Office can vouch for the accuracy or veracity of the contents, nor does this report reflect the views of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Furthermore, international copyright exists on some materials and this summary should not be disseminated beyond the intended list of recipients. • South Sudan: UN Moves On Political and Peacekeeping Fronts to Staunch Fighting (UN News Service) • UN Security Council urges unconditional direct talks in S. Sudan (Shanghai Daily) • UN, AU Call for South Sudan Talks as Fighting Continues (VOA) • US pushing for S.Sudan ceasefire talks (New Vision, Uganda) OPINION/ANALYSIS • Eight things you need to know about South Sudan (Brisbane Times) • In South Sudan, Ethnic Warfare Becomes New Normal (The Wall Street Journal) • South Sudan’s unhealed wounds (News Observer) Highlights Fresh fighting erupts in South Sudan's flashpoint town of Bor (Reuters) South Sudanese troops fought rebels believed to be loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar on Tuesday in the flashpoint town of Bor, its mayor said, as a deadline imposed by East African nations for an end to hostilities neared. "We are fighting the rebels now," Mayor Nhial Majak Nhial told Reuters by phone from the outskirts of Bor, which lies 190 km (120 miles) to the north of the capital, Juba, by road. Bor is inaccessible to journalists. Sustained bursts of gunfire could be heard in the background. South Sudan Rebels Counter-attack, Ignore Ceasefire Deadline (naharnet/AFP) Anti-government rebels in South Sudan launched an attack on the key town of Bor on Tuesday, ignoring a deadline set by regional powers to stop fighting and hold peace talks. Renewed battles in Bor, capital of the powder-keg Jonglei state and situated just 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the capital Juba, is a major blow to government troops who celebrated the town's recapture from rebel forces only last week. "There is fighting this morning in Bor town," army spokesman Philip Aguer told Agence France Presse. A U.N. spokesman in Juba, Joe Contreras, said fighting started before dawn and involved tanks, rockets and small arms. He said the airstrip in Bor was also closed and that it was unclear who was in control of the town. Thousands of people are feared to have been killed in over two weeks of fighting, pitching army units loyal to President Salva Kiir against a loose alliance of ethnic militia forces and mutinous army commanders nominally headed by ex-vice president Riek Machar. Despite a heavy army presence, thousands have fled in recent days from Bor in fear of an impending counter- attack by rebels -- including an ethnic militia force dubbed the "White Army", reported to have been marching on the dusty town for days. The world's youngest nation plunged into chaos on December 15 when Kiir accused his former deputy Machar of mounting a coup. Machar in turn has accused the president of using a clash between army units as a pretext to carry out a violent purge. Regional leaders at the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African grouping, have demanded Machar agree to a ceasefire and hold face-to-face talks with Kiir by Tuesday -- but there appeared to be little chance of that deadline being met. The United States, which was a key backer of South Sudan's independence struggle, has warned of a "very complicated, tenuous situation" and has sent a special envoy in a bid to kickstart negotiations. The conflict has fanned ethnic differences between Kiir's Dinka group and Machar's Nuer clan. Fierce battles have been reported in strategic oil-producing areas -- with rebels controlling Bentiu, state capital of the key state of Unity, as well parts of the oil-rich Upper Nile State. There have also been grim reports of massacres, rapes and killings, prompting the African Union to threaten "targeted sanctions" over the conflict. 2 The AU expressed "Africa's dismay and disappointment that the continent's newest nation should descend so quickly into civil strife", warning of its potential to deteriorate into "full-fledged civil war" -- even though many observers say this has already happened. Kiir has described the war as "senseless", but ruled out power sharing with the rebels. "What power sharing? It is not an option. This man has rebelled. If you want power, you don't rebel so that you are awarded with the power," Kiir said in an interview broadcast on the BBC Tuesday. "You go through the process. When I came here I did not come through a military coup, I came because I was elected by the people," he said. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has warned that Machar must comply with the ceasefire deal by Tuesday or face action by regional nations. He said if Machar does not respond "we shall have to go for him," without clarifying if his threat involved military action. A key rebel demand has been the release of several top level political leaders arrested hours after the fighting began, but Kiir said they must follow the court process. "Without any condition, these people will be released after legal procedures -- you don't just lock people up and tomorrow you say 'get out, you are released'," Kiir said. "You must take them through the legal procedures." Kiir said he feared for the future of the people of the fledgling nation, which only won independence in 2011 and has grappled with poverty, corruption and ethnic tensions. "When there is fighting, you lose people. I don't want the people of South Sudan to die in a very reckless way that has been initiated now by my colleagues," Kiir added. "We have been fighting for a very long time, so what concerns me today, is how to bring this senseless war to an end, so that the people prosper and they go back to their homes." Thousands flee as rebels close in on South Sudan town (Daily Nation, Kenya) Thousands have fled the flashpoint town of Bor in South Sudan fearing an impending attack by rebel forces, as hopes faded that a Tuesday deadline for peace talks would be met in the strife-torn nation. A feared ethnic militia known as the "White Army" was reportedly marching on Bor, raising the spectre of further bloodshed as the international community scrambled to broker a truce after two weeks of fighting in the world's youngest nation. Washington warned of a "very complicated, tenuous situation" as it toiled to get rivals President Salva Kiir and sacked vice president Riek Machar to the negotiating table. A deadline for face-to-face talks between the two, set by regional leaders, seemed unlikely to be met Tuesday. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said late Monday that a special US envoy was in Juba trying "to finalise the details of a political dialogue, hopefully to arrange for negotiations to begin in the coming days." Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has warned that Machar must comply with the ceasefire deal by Tuesday or face action by regional nations. If Machar does not respond "we shall have to go for him" Museveni told reporters, without clarifying if his threat involved military action. THOUSANDS FEARED DEAD The country, which only achieved independence in July 2011, plunged into chaos on December 15 when Kiir accused his former deputy of mounting a coup. The conflict has fanned ethnic differences between Kiir's Dinka group and Machar's Nuer clan.
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