this time that not only bentu. the problem with south sudan, the army have regained the control of this because attacks, mobilizing in various places and now, they are on the move. >> can you tell us what the situation is as far as the civilians your forces have been trying to regain control. what is the situation of the civilians? are they still in the town? have they been able to leave? >> the civilians, the army is strictly the civilians will be protected by the forces and the same, been captured this morning. officers and soldiers to protect all of the civilians will be provided protection and are in charge of what will happen during the operation according to the code of operations, and their properties. >> you say the military operations continue. so what about peace talks? talks, xlom attic talks to end this fighting? >>diplom attic talks to end this fighting? >>. >> i think territories of south sudan. we believe that this conflict initially is a political quarrel. the politicians definitely will continue to

later after extracting that he was commits to a peace process we saw government troops marching in bentungaging the military again so we will see how much leverage they will have, the secretary general moon is urging a peace process taking place and he is meeting at the moment with the president. >> thanks for the update there from duba. the united states extending its lease on its only permanent military base in africa and barack obama finalized a ten-year deal and it's used to launch drone strikes against al-qaeda and other targets in yemen and somalia and 4,000 soldiers are based there. a trial of 39 soldiers in the democratic republic of congo has two convicted of rape and 13 clears, the remaining 24 were convicted of less crimes, that is the biggest rape trial so far. thousands will vote in south africa general elections on wednesday. it is an overwhelmingly young country and many will vote in the election for the first time. more than 25 million people are registered to vote out of a total population of nearly 52 million. and nearly 80% of voters are under the age of 30. south afri

clashes in the northern town of bentu. fighting the government since december. both sides agreed to the cease fire friday after meeting face-to-face in ee ethiopia. south sudan gained independence in 2011 after decades of fighting. thousands of orphaned children fled during the '80s and '90s. they came to be known as the lost boys and girls. sell of them made it all the way to the united states. carol mckinley has the report. >> i ran from south sudan from the civil war and i was a refugee in nairobi. >> this is the first time her relatives and friends have been together since they fled more than 20 years ago. some have traveled thousands of miles for this reunion. >> you know we have in sudan we say mountains will never meet but humans will always meet even if it's like hundred years. >> over a decade of civil war, tens of thousands of sudanese children ended up as outcasts in refugee camps. they were dubbed the lost boys and girls. at six years of age cecilia seamed bound for slavery. >> if you don't have parents, it's so hard for you to go to school. because

bodies left along the road near the town of bentu.han 1 million people have been forced from their homes. tens of thousands have taken shelter in overcrowded u.n. camps. the country is on the brink of famine. >> the unspeakable human costs that we have seen over the course of the last months and which could even grow if they fail to sit down, are unacceptable to the global community. >> reporter: while the u.s. was instrumental in helping south sudan gain its independence in 2011, kerry's visit is a clear sign of washington's growing unease over how the country has collapsed in such a short period of time. jonathan mann, cnn. >> the status of the talks may still be in doubt. but the flight of south sudan's people is painfully clear. we're going to show you an interesting conversation now. because earlier john mann spoke with forest whitaker and anthony melakow. found >> you are involved in the humanitarian effort at the grass roots. you're going there next month. tell us about the work you're doing there and what you expect to find. >