South Sudan Accuses Rebels of Mobilizing 'White Army'

South Sudan accused rebels on Sunday of mobilizing a feared ethnic militia for new attacks despite a government offer of a truce to end two weeks of conflict in the young state. A 25,000-strong force of the “White Army” - made up largely of ethnic Nuer youths who dust their bodies with ash - was marching on the town of Bor, recaptured by loyalist forces last Tuesday, an army spokesman said. “We are prepared to engage them,” Sudan People's Liberation Army spokesman Philip Aguer said...

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