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The government of South Sudan has agreed to an immediate end to fighting with rebels, East African leaders meeting in Nairobi say. | The government of South Sudan has agreed to an immediate end to fighting with rebels, East African leaders meeting in Nairobi say. |
The leaders said they "welcomed the commitment by the government of the Republic of South Sudan to an immediate cessation of hostilities". | The leaders said they "welcomed the commitment by the government of the Republic of South Sudan to an immediate cessation of hostilities". |
They called on rebel leader Riek Machar to "make similar commitments". | They called on rebel leader Riek Machar to "make similar commitments". |
More than 1,000 people are said to have died in recent fighting in the world's newest state. | More than 1,000 people are said to have died in recent fighting in the world's newest state. |
At least 100,000 people have fled their homes, with about 60,000 seeking refuge at UN compounds across the country, according to the UN, which is sending extra peacekeepers. | |
President Salva Kiir is engaged in a deadly power struggle with Mr Machar, his former vice-president. Members of Mr Kiir's Dinka ethnic group and Mr Machar's Nuer community have both been targeted in the violence. | |
East African regional leaders, who make up an eight-member bloc known as Igad, held talks in the Kenyan capital Nairobi a day after the leaders of Kenya and Ethiopia met President Kiir in South Sudan's capital, Juba. | |
They have said they will not accept a violent overthrow of the government in South Sudan. |