Spokesperson for the South Sudanese rebels Maar Nyout addresses journalists during ongoing negotiations with the South Sudanese government, in Addis Ababa
Spokesperson for the South Sudanese rebels Hussein Maar Nyout addresses journalists during ongoing negotiations with the South Sudanese government, in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 9, 2014. South Sudanese rebels rejected a government plan on Wednesday to end a dispute over detainees and unblock peace talks aimed at halting violence that has killed at least 1,000 people in the world's youngest state. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Sudan won't form joint force to guard South Sudan's oil-spokesman
SOUTHSUDAN-UNREST/SUDAN:Sudan won't form joint force to guard South Sudan's oil-spokesman
South Sudan: UNHCR rescues refugee trapped by civil unrest
Already a refugee from Darfur, one young man unexpectedly gets ensnared in South Sudan's violence ? and is rescued by UN teamwork.
COLUMN-Gates, Obama and denying reality in the Middle East
ROHDE-MILITARY/ (COLUMN):COLUMN-Gates, Obama and denying reality in the Middle East
South Sudan rebels reject govt. plan to unblock peace talks
The fighting is the worst in South Sudan since it won independence from Sudan in 2011
Thousands of African migrants protest outside Israeli parliament
Some 60,000 migrants, largely from Eritrea and Sudan, have entered Israel without authorisation across a once-porous border with Egypt since 2006. Many hope for asylum and say they cannot return home without risking their lives
S.Sudan rebels reject government plan to unblock peace talks
Three weeks of fighting, often along ethnic faultlines, has pitted President Salva Kiir's SPLA government forces against the rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar and brought the country close to civil war
Head of the rebel delegation Taban Deng Gai, addresses journalists during South Sudan's negotiations in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
Head of the rebel delegation Taban Deng Gai, addresses journalists during South Sudan's negotiations in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 8, 2014. Talks to halt violence that has killed at least 1,000 people in South Sudan faced further delay on Wednesday after the government rejected rebel calls for an immediate release of detainees in the world's newest state. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Head of the rebel delegation Deng Gai, addresses journalists during South Sudan's negotiations in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
Head of the rebel delegation General Taban Deng Gai, addresses journalists during South Sudan's negotiations in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 8, 2014. Talks to halt violence that has killed at least 1,000 people in South Sudan faced further delay on Wednesday after the government rejected rebel calls for an immediate release of detainees in the world's newest state. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS HEADSHOT)