S.Sudan foes resume peace talks as famine looms
At least 10,000 people been killed since fierce fighting erupted in the capital Juba in December
Late to the party, Obama seeks bigger U.S. Africa role
U.S. leader chided for lukewarm engagement, while China and others leading the charge into rising Africa
South Sudan conflict drives idea of oil wealth monitoring
Instead of lifting the world's newest nation out of grinding poverty, oil is blamed for stoking war
INSIGHT-Gold, diamonds feed C. African religious violence
Sectarian violence has driven more than 1 million from their homes
Executive Director of WFP Cousin and Executive Director of UNICEF Lake talk to a woman displaced by the conflict at her home in an IDP camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal
Executive Director of World Food Programme (WFP) Ertharin Cousin (C) and Executive Director of UNICEF Anthony Lake (2nd R) talk to a woman displaced by the conflict at her home in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal July 25, 2014. According to United Nations Missions in Sudan (UNMISS), the U.N. base is hosting about 17,000 people who were displaced by the armed conflict in the region. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
Executive Director of WFP Cousin talks to women displaced by the conflict in the IMC clinic in an IDP camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal
Executive Director of World Food Programme (WFP) Ertharin Cousin (2nd R) talks to women displaced by the conflict in the International Medical Corps (IMC) clinic in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal July 25, 2014. According to United Nations Missions in Sudan (UNMISS), the U.N. base is hosting about 17,000 people who were displaced by the armed conflict in the region. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY HEALTH)
Gaza faces daunting reconstruction when elusive truce struck
MIDEAST-GAZA/RECONSTRUCTION (PIX):Gaza faces daunting reconstruction when elusive truce struck
Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags during a parade marking the annual Quds Day in Baghdad
Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad July 25, 2014. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)