Fighting flares in South Sudan flashpoint town, sanctions loom

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese forces battled rebels on the outskirts of the strategically key town of Bor on Tuesday as a deadline set by east African nations for a ceasefire neared.

Unrest in the world's youngest country has killed more than a thousand people in the past two weeks and displaced close to 200,000, raising the spectre of civil war and unnerving oil markets.