South Sudan militia head 'surrenders,' toll soars (AFP)



A United Nations position pictured last week near the town of Abyei, close to the Sudanese north-south border. A top militia leader has surrendered in south Sudan after clashes that killed more than 160 people, the army said on Monday, as the soon to be independent nation reels from a string of bloody battles.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - A top militia chief has surrendered in south Sudan after clashes that killed more than 160 people, the army said on Monday, as the soon to be independent nation reels from a string of bloody battles.