Both sides agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, mediators said,but fighting between government troops and militias loyal toformer Vice President Riek Machar raged in Bor, the capital ofthe vast Jonglei state and site of an ethnic massacre in 1991.
"I'm worried that the continued fighting in Bor mightscupper the start of these talks," said Ethiopian ForeignMinister Dr. Tedros Adhanom, who is chairman of the regionalIntergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) bloc that ismediating the talks.
"Hopefully both delegations will arrive tomorrow(Wednesday), start the talks and settle this problem once andfor all," Adhanom told Reuters by phone from Addis Ababa.