By Aaron Maasho and Denis Dumo ADDIS ABABA/JUBA (Reuters) - Rebels said on Wednesday they had seized the South Sudan oil hub of Bentiu as renewed fighting against government troops entered a third day, but the government said it was still in control of the town. Thousands of people have been killed and more than a million have fled their homes since fighting erupted in December, triggered by a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar. The conflict has disrupted oil production, which provides a big portion of the government's revenue. "We are now in control of Bentiu, as of this afternoon," Lul Ruai Koang, the rebels' spokesman on military affairs, told Reuters in the Ethiopian capital. Read More http://ift.tt/102IFKD
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