00:01It's the latest flashpoint of fighting between the government and opposition supporters in South Sudan.
00:08Violence has broken out in the opposition-held town of Akobo, sources said on Wednesday.
00:13The unrest has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes and left schools without humanitarian aid.
00:21It comes after the army instructed foreign aid agencies to leave the town last week,
00:26ahead of an offensive to bring the town back under government control.
00:31In a statement, the opposition said it attacked the army on Tuesday, leading to their, quote, defeat.
00:41It rejected an earlier announcement from the army that it had reinstalled the, quote, legitimate commissioner for the area.
00:50With communications limited, it has been complicated to confirm events on the ground.
00:57A source for the security agency in the country confirmed that the army had entered Akobo on Tuesday
01:02and that there have been clashes across the town.
01:06Some 200,000 people have fled to nearby Tiergol on the Ethiopian border.
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