U.N. Secretary-General Ban carries a child displaced by the region's conflict during his visit to an IDP camp in the UNMISS base at Thong Ping in Juba
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) carries a child displaced by the region's conflict during his visit to an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) base at Thong Ping in Juba May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
More than 11,000 South Sudanese flee to Ethiopia after fall of rebel-held town
The refugees arriving in Ethiopia say more people are on their way, with many amassed on the South Sudanese side waiting to cross the Baro River.
Sister UN agencies seek safe access to vulnerable people and refugees in South Sudan
There is still time to deliver food by road, otherwise costly air operations will become the only recourse for providing urgently needed humanitarian assistance.
Deadly leishmaniasis outbreak feared in South Sudan
Medical aid workers say people fleeing violence and weather conditions are ripe for the disease to flourish
U.N. chief in South Sudan, keeps up pressure for peace
Ban's visit is the second peace mission in South Sudan by a major global figure in less than a week
U.N. peacekeepers stand guard during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban to an IDP camp in the UNMISS base in Juba
U.N. peacekeepers stand guard during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in the United Nations Mission In South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Juba May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Children sing slogans against South Sudan's President Kiir in an IDP camp in the UNMISS base in Juba
REFILE - CORRECTING TYPO Children sing slogans against South Sudan's President Salva Kiir in an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in the United Nations Mission In South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Juba May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Children sing slogans against South Sudan's President Kiir in an IDP camp in the UNMISS base in Juba
Children sing slogans against South Sudan's President Salva Kiir in an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in the United Nations Mission In South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Juba May 6, 2014. EUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)