It was not clear how countries like Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda would respond to the fighting in Bor. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda called on Monday for nations in the region to to "defeat" the rebel forces if they did not agree to a cease-fire. A spokesman for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan said on Tuesday that the rebels had captured an airstrip on the outskirts of Bor and a key crossroads leading to Juba.
Mkataba huo unaojulikana kama Agreement on the Re-unification of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement umepongezwa kuwa ni hatua muhimu katika kulitoa taifa changa la Sudan Kusini katika hali ya machafuko, vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe, kutoelewana na kutoaminiana, mambo ambayo yameligubika taifa hilo tokea mwishoni mwa 2013 wakati kutokuelewana kulipozuka ndani ya SPLM na hatimaye katika Serikali ya nchi hiyo.