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| South Sudan attackers storm UN base | South Sudan attackers storm UN base |
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| The United Nations says it fears casualties after attackers forced their way into a UN peacekeeping base in South Sudan's Jonglei state. | The United Nations says it fears casualties after attackers forced their way into a UN peacekeeping base in South Sudan's Jonglei state. |
| Rebels from the country's second-largest ethnic group, the Nuer, attacked the base, where thousands of civilians have sought refuge. | Rebels from the country's second-largest ethnic group, the Nuer, attacked the base, where thousands of civilians have sought refuge. |
| President Salva Kiir, a member of the Dinka ethnic group, has accused his ex-deputy Riek Machar of mounting a coup - a claim he denies. | |
| The unrest has killed some 500 people. | |
| The UN has expressed concern about a possible civil war between the Dinka and the Nuer. | |
| UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters on Thursday that "fighting took place" at the compound in Jonglei. | |
| "We fear there may have been some fatalities but can't confirm who and how many," he said. | |
| A delegation of East African foreign ministers earlier arrived in the capital Juba to try to mediate in the crisis. | |
| The UN peacekeeping mission is sheltering civilians in five state capitals, including Juba, Bor and Bentiu, the main town of the oil-producing state of Unity. | |
| The attack on the compound in Jonglei comes after Nuer rebels seized control of the key town of Bor. |