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Article

5 Jan 2015

Author:
Michael Atit, Lucy Poni & Waakhe Simon Wudu, in Voice of America

South Sudan: Fighting between govt. forces & rebels to capture oil fields intensify

"New Fighting Rocks South Sudan Oil States"

The South Sudanese army and rebel forces loyal to former vice president Riek Machar are blaming each other for the latest outbreaks of fighting in oil-producing Unity and Upper Nile states. Army spokesman Philip Aguer said they pushed back rebels who attacked SPLA positions in one of South Sudan’s main oil fields near the Unity state capital, Bentiu...Lul Ruai Koang, the military spokesman for Machar’s rebel group, said government forces started the fighting in Unity state. He said the SPLA launched attacks on several rebel-held positions because "... they wanted to recapture oil fields from our forces...They attacked our positions in Pan-Akwach and we drove then back. And they retreated and, by evening yesterday, we took control of the oil fields," he said...Both Koang and Aguer said there has also been fighting in South Sudan's other oil-producing state, Upper Nile.