Fears grow of civil war in South Sudan as rebels seize town

With the aid of Carl Odera and Ben Makori JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan's govt mentioned on Sunday rebels had seized the capital of a key oil-producing area and fears grew of all-out ethnic civil conflict on the earth's newest united states. The U.N. announced it was once trying to rush extra peacekeeping forces to landlocked, impoverished South Sudan as foreign powers urged all sides to prevent combating, fearing for the soundness of an already fragile area of Africa. The South Sudan govt mentioned on its Twitter account it was once now not in regulate of Bentiu, the capital of Harmony State. Data Minister Michael Makuei mentioned on Saturday an army divisional commander in Cohesion State, John Koang, had defected and joined rise up leader and former Vice President Riek Machar, who had named him the governor of the state.