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Civil war fears grow in South Sudan

Rebels reject talks; US, UK fly out nationals

AFP, Juba
South Sudan rebels battling government forces rejected peace efforts yesterday as the region scrambled to prevent the world's youngest state from collapsing only two years after its birth.
Troops loyal to fugitive former vice president Riek Machar seized the town of Bor late Wednesday, army spokesman Philip Aguer said, as fighting continued in eastern Jonglei state.
Attackers stormed a UN base in the remote Jonglei town of Akobo where civilians were sheltering, a heartland of the Lou Nuer people, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said, with "some fatalities" feared.
President Salva Kiir has blamed the bloodshed on a coup bid by his perennial rival Machar, who says the alleged overthrow was a fabrication to cover up a regime purge.
Kiir has said he was ready to "sit down" but Machar, who was sacked by the president in July, rejected the offer.
In an interview with RFI radio yesterday, Machar said he had appealed to the ruling party and army "to remove Salva Kiir from the leadership of the country".
Some 450 people had been killed in the capital Juba since battles broke out on Sunday, including around 100 soldiers, Aguer said.
AFP reporters said the city was calm yesterday.
The battles have raised concerns of ethnic conflict, with Kiir coming from the majority Dinka people and Machar from the Nuer.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has also expressed deep concern over reports of "numerous extra-judicial killings" and "civilians killed in Juba based on their ethnicity".
Human Rights Watch said witnesses had reported horrific cases of both soldiers and rebels executing people based on their tribe, warning of "revenge attacks". However, the government insists the clashes are over power and politics, noting that both sides include leaders from different tribes.
Foreigners were being evacuated from the troubled country, with the United States and Britain sending in flights for their citizens, and others fleeing overland south to Uganda.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned fighting could spread.
"There is a risk of this violence spreading to other states, and we have already seen some signs of this," Ban said, adding the