South Sudan says it will attack rebel-held towns as peace efforts stall
Hundreds of people have been killed, with reports of summary executions and ethnically-targeted killings
Family members displaced by recent fighting in South Sudan sit around a sick child in a makeshift shelter inside the UNAMIS facility in Jabel
Family members displaced by recent fighting in South Sudan sit around a sick child in a makeshift shelter inside the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) facility in Jabel, on the outskirts of capital Juba December 23, 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 SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A displaced family from South Sudan's Nuer tribe erects a makeshift shelter inside the UNAMIS facility in Jabel
A displaced family from South Sudan's Nuer tribe, who fled their home in fear of ethnic killing by the Dinka-led government, erects a makeshift shelter inside the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) facility in Jabel, on the outskirts of Juba December 23, 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 SOCIETY)
UNMISS soldiers help distribute food provided by WFP in Juba
United Nations Missions in South Sudan (UNMISS) soldiers help distribute food provided by World Food Programme (WFP), in Juba December 22, 2013 in this handout provided by UNMISS. Picture taken December 22, 2013. REUTERS/UNMISS/Handout via Reuters (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
United Nations Mission in Sudan relocates non-critical staff at Juba International airport to neighbouring Uganda
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) relocates non-critical staff at Juba international airport to neighbouring Uganda through Entebbe December 22, 2013 in this handout provided by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Picture taken December 22, 2013 REUTERS/UNMISS/Handout via Reuters (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
12 Images Of WFP's Fight Against Hunger In 2013
From the conflicts in Syria and Central African Republic to the super typhoon in the Philippines, 2013 threw up a challenging sequence of emergencies to WFP and its humanitarian partners. But there were also new findings about school meals and encouraging stories from former aid recipients. Here are 12 photos that look back on a year in WFP's fight against hunger.
U.S. citizens evacuated from Bor to Juba in South Sudan -State Department
SOUTH SUDAN-UNREST (UPDATE 2):UPDATE 2-U.S. citizens evacuated from Bor to Juba in South Sudan -State Department
Fears grow of civil war in S.Sudan as rebels seize town
Rebels have seized the capital of a key oil-producing region