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Aussie citizen reports South Sudan atrocities

'The town is littered with decaying corpses,' says the Australian citizen who's just returned as mayor of the South Sudanese town of Bor.

The remains of the market in Bor, which the government says was set alight by rebels - AAP-1.jpg

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Fresh reports of atrocities are emerging from South Sudan, where thousands of people have been killed in recent fighting between government troops and rebel forces.

Some of the worst fighting has been around the town of Bor, the capital of eastern Jonglei State, which has changed hands four times since mid-December.

This week, the devastated town went back under government control, and its mayor - Australian citizen Nhial Majak Nhial - has just returned.

He told David Chiengkou from SBS Radio's Dinka program, that civilians killed by the rebels included hospital patients, and a group of women sheltering in a church.

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