South Sudan: Clean water remains urgent priority
Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in South Sudan still lack water, food and medical care. The ICRC and the South Sudan Red Cross are doing their utmost to help meet the most pressing needs.
First S.Sudan ceasefire monitors to arrive shortly - mediators
Thousands of people have been killed and more than half a million people have fled their homes since fighting erupted in mid-December
A rebel fighter returns from a frontline in a rebel controlled territory in Jonglei State
A rebel fighter returns from a frontline in a rebel controlled territory in Jonglei State January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)
Rebel fighters, returning from a frontline, ride their motorcycle past animal carcasses in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State
Rebel fighters, returning from a frontline, ride their motorcycle past animal carcasses in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ANIMALS)
A rebel fighter helps women to cross a river in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State
A rebel fighter helps women to cross a river in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)
A rebel fighter walks to a river to wash as he returns from a frontline in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State
A rebel fighter walks to a river to wash as he returns from a frontline in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Rebel fighters return from a frontline in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State
Rebel fighters return from a frontline in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
A rebel fighter carries his belonging as he returns from a frontline in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State
A rebel fighter carries his belonging as he returns from a frontline in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
People carry their belongings in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State
People carry their belongings in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)
A rebel fighter carries an animal carcass in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State
A rebel fighter carries an animal carcass in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ANIMALS)