1. The SPLA chief of staff says the army is advancing towards rebel-held Bor town in Jonglei State.

2. More than 40 prisoners have escaped from a minimum-security facility in Upper Nile’s Nasir County, the county authorities say.

3. Talks between the government and former Vice President Riek Machar’s armed opposition group are expected to take place today.

4. A senior journalist with the New York Times says the international community feels the people of South Sudan have not learned from the past.