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The attacks came despite resumption of the peace talks in the neigbouring Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. [image: JPEG - 25.7 kb]*An SPLA soldier is pictured behind a South Sudan flag as he sits on the back of a pick-up truck in Bentiu, Unity state January 12, 2014. (Photo Reuters/Andreea Campeanu)* Humanitarian workers and local state officials in Parieng county, Unity state, told Sudan Tribune on Sunday that heavy fighting erupted on Saturday between government forces and armed opposition fighters. The clashes came three days after the resumption of the 4th round of peace talks under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and its international mediation partners. It was not immediately clear which of the warring parties initiated the attack on the other. Military officers from both sides have provided statements depicting the other to have carried out the attack. Spokesperson of the government forces, Colonel Philip Aguer, in a statement on Sunday claimed that forces loyal to the former government-allied militia commander, turned rebel, Johnson Olony and the fighters allied to the former vice president Riek Machar launched “a coordinated and joint attack” on the positions held by the government forces in the area. The military officer, however, downplayed the strength of the opposition fighters, asserting that the clash lasted only for a few hours before "the attackers were repulsed.” “The fighting continued from morning up to mid-day,” said Aguer. “By afternoon, the attackers were repulsed and the SPLA is controlling the area.” Several of the leading opposition figures also claimed during an exclusive interview with Sudan Tribune on Monday that government troops "launched coordinated attacks" on the positions held by their fighters in Unity state after their forces reportedly came “under sustained heavy shelling" for two days on Thursday and Friday. “You know, it is always the habit of the government to attack the positions held by our forces when we are in negotiations with them. They instigated these attacks with intention to bolster their negotiating positions at the talks,” Abdullah Kuot, spokesman of the armed opposition fighters under the overall command of General Dau Aturjong in Bahr el Ghazal region told *Sudan Tribune* on Monday. “Everybody knows this tactic and it is not a secret that the government is entirely responsible for these unnecessary attacks motivated by its desires and attempts to recapture oil fields under our control, but they will not succeed," he said. Kuot further claimed that they also received reports from the headquarters of the opposition leader that the government troops attacked opposition-held areas in Leer and Mayendit counties in the oil-rich Unity state during which many lives were reportedly lost on both sides of the conflict. The two warring parties, president Salva Kiir’s government and the opposition under Machar’s leadership, are given till 17 August to sign a final peace agreement to end the 20-month long civil war or risk impositions of sanctions on any party that will refuse to sign the peace deal. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence - No inappropriate or offensive language - No racism, tribalism or sectarianism - No inappropriate or derogatory remarks - No deviation from the topic of the article - No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible comments Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55996#forum> - 11 August 07:51, by Lotodo Awino Odug Many Nuer generals are for peace, so why is Olony wasting lives of Shilluk children just to keep his master happy.is he capable of what Nuer are not capable of! I see a walking animal in the form of Shilluk’s human person. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55996&id_forum=337256> - 11 August 08:47, by Shadrack Nuer Machut Any rebel in this world deserves an attack any time, but here they’re pretending to be the one being attacked when in fact they’re killing day & night. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55996&id_forum=337262> - 11 August 10:36, by Konan Does it mean that SPLM/N rebellion is illegitimate and deserved to be attacked and destroyed by SAF & RSF too? repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55996&id_forum=337265> - 11 August 09:35, by Agutthon A government with guts would not hesitate to withdraw from the damned peace talks. You cannot do two things at ago. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55996&id_forum=337263> - 11 August 11:13, by Mapuor Nyagats don’t need peace, they are Jallaba slaves and are fighting Khartoum’s proxy war.SPLA forces should not relent on its operations in Unity state. The only remedy for the current war is military victory.SPLA OYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55996&id_forum=337268> -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. 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