South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, May 12, 2014. South Sudan will postpone a presidential election set for 2015 as the country's warring factions will need time to reconcile, President Salva Kiir said, with a vote possibly taking place as late as 2018. South Sudan's conflict threatens to tear apart a nation that only became independent from Sudan in 2011 and has curbed its lifeblood oil production. Ethnic divisions have been a significant driver of the violence, which pits Kiir's Dinka people against the Nuer of his former deputy Machar. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST)
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, May 12, 2014. South Sudan will postpone a presidential election set for 2015 as the country's warring factions will need time to reconcile, President Salva Kiir said, with a vote possibly taking place as late as 2018. South Sudan's conflict threatens to tear apart a nation that only became independent from Sudan in 2011 and has curbed its lifeblood oil production. Ethnic divisions have been a significant driver of the violence, which pits Kiir's Dinka people against the Nuer of his former deputy Machar. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST)
South Sudan's rebel leader Machar addresses a news conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, May 12, 2014. South Sudan will postpone a presidential election set for 2015 as the country's warring factions will need time to reconcile, President Salva Kiir said, with a vote possibly taking place as late as 2018. South Sudan's conflict threatens to tear apart a nation that only became independent from Sudan in 2011 and has curbed its lifeblood oil production. Ethnic divisions have been a significant driver of the violence, which pits Kiir's Dinka people against the Nuer of his former deputy Machar. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST)
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, May 12, 2014. South Sudan will postpone a presidential election set for 2015 as the country's warring factions will need time to reconcile, President Salva Kiir said, with a vote possibly taking place as late as 2018. South Sudan's conflict threatens to tear apart a nation that only became independent from Sudan in 2011 and has curbed its lifeblood oil production. Ethnic divisions have been a significant driver of the violence, which pits Kiir's Dinka people against the Nuer of his former deputy Machar. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST)
S.Sudan president says planned 2015 election to be delayed
Ethnic divisions have been a significant driver of the violence that threatens to tear apart a nation that only became independent from Sudan in 2011
South Sudan to postpone presidential elections due in 2015, president says
SOUTHSUDAN-UNREST/ (URGENT):South Sudan to postpone presidential elections due in 2015, president says
In South Sudan, Woman Who Fled Fighting Wants Peace To Grow Her Own Food
Fighting in South Sudan has disrupted livelihoods and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. In the Lakes State community of Mingkaman, where WFP and its partners are providing assistance to more than 95,000 people, many of the internally displaced people (IDPs) are longing for a return to peace, to enable them to grow their own crops.
Malnutrition a serious threat as food shortages impact Maban refugee camps
Some 1,200 children in South Sudan's Doro refugee camp are diagnosed as malnourished. The current food crisis does not augur well for these children.
Sudan's president Bashir undergoes knee operation
SUDAN-BASHIR/:Sudan's president Bashir undergoes knee operation
South Sudan's army, rebels blame each other for breaking ceasefire
Fears were raised last April of a potential genocide after an ethnic massacre in oil-producing Unity state