South Sudan's armies gear up as fighting season approaches
With peace talks continuing, James Copnall visits rebel and government
strongholds to find preparations for war
* <
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/james-copnall> James Copnall in
Leer and Malakal
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http://www.theguardian.com/> theguardian.com, Monday 27 October
2014 08.36 GMT
Leer is a town in waiting. Like battle-scarred rebel outposts and war weary
villages throughout South Sudan's conflict zone, residents and militia alike
are gearing themselves up for a new round of fighting when the dry season
begins in November - even as their leaders gather for peace talks in
Tanzania.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/11/south-sudan-massacres-dinka-nu
er> In the early days of this 10-month war, Leer - the hometown of rebel
leader Riek Machar - was sacked by government troops loyal to the president
Salva Kiir. Hospitals, mud-and-thatch huts and corrugated iron market stalls
were set on fire. Thousands of civilians were forced to flee into the nearby
swamps, eating wild animals and water lilies to survive. Some did not make
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