In the wake of new fighting in two states, the president of the Security Council expresses frustration at the unwillingness of the warring sides to abandon the military option and engage in peace talks.
"We cannot stand idly by as the warring parties neglect the suffering of their own people," US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth, says in a policy speech.
American photographer Tim Freccia's pictures show the men of Yirol village as they look for wives, and the men of the White Army as they fight for control of Malakal.
In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Kiir says the conflict was triggered by a failed coup plotted by Riek Machar and says rebels are blocking attempts to restore peace
The former president of Nigeria, who heads an AU Commission of Inquiry for South Sudan, was reacting to a speech in which South Sudan's justice minister praised President Salva Kiir's government for defusing tensions in South Sudan
When a "Lost Boy" returned to his South Sudan village and asked locals what he could do to help them, they asked him to build a school. So he did.
The lead negotiator for the opposition says his side did not sign the so-called matrix because it was being forced on them by IGAD mediators.
A spokeswoman for the United Nations' World Food Program says buildings are abandoned, the streets are overgrown with grass and shrubs, and thousands are sheltering in "a sea of mud" at the U.N. base.
Valerie Amos tells the U.N. Security Council that, unless the international community intervenes quickly, South Sudan could face famine.
A spokesman for the government says it is surprised that an SPLA commander was sanctioned, insisting that all members of government forces are respecting the ceasefire.
Two military officials in South Sudan, who the EU says bear "major responsibility for the recent violence," will be banned from traveling to the EU and have assets in the European Union frozen.
“Women bring order to things much faster than men with AK-47s,” a U.S. businessman tells a conference in Washington focussed on bringing peace to South Sudan.
South Sudan's leaders are warned that without concrete steps toward peace, and unimpeded access to the millions in need, the monies pledged will be useless.
A US official warns that South Sudan will be gripped by famine if fighting does not stop, and says that if that does happen, the fault will lie squarely with warring parties.
A State Department official says the deployment of a regional African force in South Sudan to help monitor a peace agreement is a top priority for Washington.
Top humanitarian officials say at an emergency meeting in Washington that there are already signs that famine is claiming victims in South Sudan and in neighboring countries, where thousands of South Sudanese have sought refuge.
The U.S. Secretary of State tells South Sudanese Minister in the Office of the President Awan Riak to press for an end to the fighting and a national dialogue.
