UNMISS peacekeepers from Japan assemble a drainage pipe at Tomping camp in Juba
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers from Japan assemble a drainage pipe at Tomping camp, where some 15,000 people who fled their homes following recent fighting are sheltered by the United Nations, in Juba January 7, 2014. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)
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
Displaced people carry water containers on their heads at Tomping camp, South Sudan
Displaced people carry water containers on their heads at Tomping camp, where some 15,000 displaced people who fled their homes are sheltered by the United Nations, near South Sudan's capital Juba January 7, 2014.
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
Members of the Shiite group of Sayyied al-Shuhdaa brigade, which is a part of the Islamic resistance in Iraq supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, carry the coffins of fighters from their group during a funeral in Basra
Members of the Shiite group of Sayyied al-Shuhdaa brigade, which is a part of the Islamic resistance in Iraq supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, carry the coffins of fighters from their group during a funeral in Basra, 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Baghdad, January 6, 2014. Hundreds of mourners gathered in the southern Iraqi province of Basra on Monday for the funeral of six Shiite militants killed in fighting in Syria while defending the famed Sayyida Zeinab shrine in Damascus. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT POLITICS)