By Carl Odera BENTIU South Sudan (Reuters) - Government troops clashed with South Sudan rebels on Friday near the capital of the oil producing Unity State, a U.N. official said, days after a U.N. Security Council delegation warned of sanctions if either side violated a ceasefire signed in May. Heavy shelling and gunfire near Bentiu started around 6 a.m. and continued for several hours, said a Reuters correspondent in a nearby U.N. base that is sheltering 29,000 people displaced by months of fighting. A senior U.N. official at the base said the rebels had clashed with government troops 300 metres west of Rubkona Airstrip, which is about 6 km (4 miles) north from Bentiu.
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