UN boosts peacekeepers in South Sudan, mass grave found
Violence erupted in the capital Juba on Dec. 15 and quickly spread, dividing the land-locked country along ethnic lines of Nuer and Dinka
UN Security Council approves thousands more S.Sudan peacekeepers
SOUTHSUDAN-UNREST/UN (URGENT):UN Security Council approves thousands more S.Sudan peacekeepers
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN TO ALMOST DOUBLE PEACEKEEPERS IN SOUTH SUDAN TO 12,500 TROOPS
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN TO ALMOST DOUBLE PEACEKEEPERS IN SOUTH SUDAN TO 12,500 TROO
Displaced people camp inside a bus at Tomping United Nations base near Juba international airport
Displaced people camp inside a bus at Tomping United Nations base near Juba international airport, where some 12,000 people from the Nuer tribe have sought refuge at, December 24, 2013. Clashes between rival groups of soldiers in Juba a week ago have spread across the country, which won its independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war. President Salva Kiir, from South Sudan's Dinka ethnic group, has accused former Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer whom he dismissed in July, of trying to launch a coup. Machar dismissed the charge but has since said he is commanding troops fighting the government. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A man with a gunshot injury to the leg lies in a tent inside Tomping UN base near Juba international airport
REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF TOMPING A man with a gunshot injury to the leg lies in a tent inside Tomping UN base near Juba international airport December 24, 2013. Clashes between rival groups of soldiers in Juba a week ago have spread across the country, which won its independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war. President Salva Kiir, from South Sudan's Dinka ethnic group, has accused former Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer whom he dismissed in July, of trying to launch a coup. Machar dismissed the charge but has since said he is commanding troops fighting the government.REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A man with an injured leg lies in a tent inside the Tomping United Nations base near Juba international airport
A man with an injured leg lies in a tent inside the Tomping United Nations base near Juba international airport, where some 12,000 people from the Nuer tribe have sought refuge at, December 24, 2013. Clashes between rival groups of soldiers in Juba a week ago have spread across the country, which won its independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war. President Salva Kiir, from South Sudan's Dinka ethnic group, has accused former Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer whom he dismissed in July, of trying to launch a coup. Machar dismissed the charge but has since said he is commanding troops fighting the government. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Displaced families are seen camped inside Tomping UN base near Juba international airport
REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF TOMPING Displaced families are seen camped inside Tomping UN base near Juba international airport December 24, 2013. Clashes between rival groups of soldiers in Juba a week ago have spread across the country, which won its independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war. President Salva Kiir, from South Sudan's Dinka ethnic group, has accused former Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer whom he dismissed in July, of trying to launch a coup. Machar dismissed the charge but has since said he is commanding troops fighting the government. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Displaced families are seen camped inside Tomping UN base near Juba international airport December 24, 2013 were some 12,000 Nuer tribe have sought shelter
Displaced families are seen camped inside Tomping UN base near Juba international airport December 24, 2013. Clashes between rival groups of soldiers in Juba a week ago have spread across the country, which won its independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war. President Salva Kiir, from South Sudan's Dinka ethnic group, has accused former Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer whom he dismissed in July, of trying to launch a coup. Machar dismissed the charge but has since said he is commanding troops fighting the government. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)