South Sudan's army, rebels accuse each other of breaking ceasefire
Washington, which has already slapped sanctions on commanders from each side, warned of further steps if fighting continued
U.N. readies aid in South Sudan after ceasefire deal
The conflict has killed thousands of people and driven about a million from their homes
WFP To Expand Assistance In South Sudan As New Analysis Shows Worsening Food Security
JUBA - Based on a new analysis that the conflict in South Sudan is pushing the country toward a hunger catastrophe, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) plans to expand its emergency programmes to reach 3.2 million people this year with urgently needed food assistance.
South Sudan's rebel leader agrees new ceasefire with president
According to the U.N. thousands of people have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes; troops on both sides have committed murder, rape and other sexual abuses
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar speaks after he signed a peace agreement with South's Sudan's President Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar speaks after he signed a peace agreement with South's Sudan's President Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir sits after he signed a peace agreement with South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar in Addis Ababa
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir sits after he signed a peace agreement with South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar in Addis Ababa May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir hold a priest's hands as they pray before signing a peace agreement in Addis Ababa
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar (R) and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (L) hold a priest's hands as they pray before signing a peace agreement in Addis Ababa May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir walks before he signed peace agreement documents with South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar in Addis Ababa
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir walks before he signed peace agreement documents with South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar in Addis Ababa May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir exchange signed peace agreement documents in Addis Ababa
South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar (R) and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (L) exchange signed peace agreement documents in Addis Ababa May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn looks on as South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir exchange signed peace agreement documents in Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (R) looks on as South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar (C) and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (L) exchange signed peace agreement documents in Addis Ababa May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)