Sudan backs away from statement on South Sudan force
SOUTHSUDAN-SUDAN/:Sudan backs away from statement on South Sudan force
A displaced man with gun shot wounds rests on a bed at a United Nations hospital at Tomping camp
A displaced man with gun shot wounds rests on a bed at a United Nations hospital at Tomping camp, where some 15,000 displaced people who fled their homes are sheltered by the UN, near South Sudan's capital Juba January 7, 2014. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT HEALTH)
A displaced man with gun shot wounds rests at a United Nations hospital at Tomping camp
A displaced man with gun shot wounds rests at a United Nations hospital at Tomping camp, where some 15,000 displaced people who fled their homes are sheltered by the UN, near South Sudan's capital Juba January 7, 2014. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT HEALTH)
In South Sudan, $40 buys a boat ride to safety – but little else
South Sudanese displaced by fighting for the town of Bor sit tight and hope for the best - or pay $40 for a boat ride across the River Nile to safety, joining 90,000 others desperately short of shade, water, food and sanitation
South Sudan rebels, government begin ceasefire talks
The talks in neighbouring Ethiopia will focus on brokering a ceasefire to halt three weeks of violence that has killed at least 1,000 people and driven 200,000 from their homes
South Sudan rebels, government begin talks on ceasefire
The talks in neighbouring Ethiopia will focus on brokering a ceasefire to halt three weeks of ethnic violence that has killed at least a thousand people and driven 200,000 from their homes
Thousands cross into Uganda to escape fighting in South Sudan
More than 23,500 people have fled to neighbouring Uganda. "Others have sought shelter in Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan to escape the violence.
China urges S. Sudan ceasefire as peace talks stutter
More than 1,000 people have been killed in three weeks of fighting