PHOTOS: Fighting in South Sudan leaves hundreds dead and thousands displaced
December 30, 2013
A United Nations armored vehicle passes displaced people walking towards the U.N. camp where they have sought shelter in Malakal, South Sudan, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. When violence broke out in Juba on Dec. 15 life remained calm but tense in Malakal, the capital of oil-producing Upper Nile state, but the violence then radiated outward from Juba and full-fledged war broke out in the town on Christmas Day, as army commanders defected and pledged allegiance to the country's ousted vice president, in most cases pitting the ethnic group of President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, against ethnic Nuers. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( APTOPIX South Sudan Violence )
A United Nations armored vehicle passes displaced people walking towards the U.N. camp where they have sought shelter in Malakal, South Sudan, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. When violence broke out in Juba on Dec. 15 life remained calm but tense in Malakal, the capital of oil-producing Upper Nile state, but the violence then radiated outward from Juba and full-fledged war broke out in the town on Christmas Day, as army commanders defected and pledged allegiance to the country's ousted vice president, in most cases pitting the ethnic group of President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, against ethnic Nuers. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Refugee Camp )
Moveable stairs used for passengers to board aircraft are repurposed into makeshift shelters by the displaced at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiraling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Refugee Camp )
A man walks in a ward of mainly soldiers with gunshot wounds inside the Juba Military Hospital in Juba, South Sudan Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. A spokesman for South Sudan's military says fighting continues in the oil-producing Unity state despite ongoing efforts by regional leaders to get both sides to agree to an immediate cease-fire. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Violence )
Displaced people walk inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday urged South Sudan's leaders to resolve their political differences peacefully and to stop the violence that has displaced more than 120,000 people in the world's newest country, citing the example of the late Nelson Mandela and saying there is "a very small window of opportunity to secure peace" in the country where fighting since Dec. 15 has raised fears of full-blown civil war. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Violence )
A young displaced boy at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiralling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Refugee Camp )
Displaced children walk inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiralling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Refugee Camp )
A handout photo released by the UNMISS shows a man carrying a baby as a group of wounded people were transported from Bor to Juba on December 22, 2103. The United Nations on Sunday said it would send more peacekeepers to embattled towns in violence-wracked South Sudan and evacuate "non-critical" staff as fighting raged across the country. The announcement came as world leaders embarked on a diplomatic push to pull the world's youngest nation back from the brink of civil war. Rolla Hinedi/AFP/Getty Images ( 525609330 )
This handout picture released by the UNMISS and taken on December 24, 2013 shows nationals from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea being relocated to Juba. South Sudan's army battled rebel forces on December 25, 2013 in one key town while troops flushed out insurgents in another after its recapture, as the UN moves to double its peacekeeping force to stave off civil war. Thousands are believed to have been killed in more than a week of violence, with reports of bodies piled in mass graves amid escalating battles between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those backing his rival Riek Machar, a former vice president who was sacked in July. Anna Adhikari/AFP/Getty Images ( 525641861 )
A picture taken on December 25, 2013 shows the aftermath of massive looting conducted by rebels at a market, including shops burnt to ashes, in Bor, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the capital Juba. South Sudan's army stormed the rebel-held town of Bor on December 24, sending insurgents fleeing nearly a week after they captured the state capital of South Sudan's power-key eastern state of Jonglei. WAAKHE SIMON WUDU/AFP/Getty Images ( 525641297 )
Residents of Juba arrive at the UN compound on December 20, 2013 where they sought shelter. African diplomats made a push for peace in South Sudan on Friday as bitter fighting spread across the world's youngest nation, with US President Barack Obama warning the oil-rich state was on the brink of civil war. The United Nations Security Council readied emergency consultations on the crisis amid fears that fighting between rival army factions, which has already claimed hundreds of lives and sent tens of thousands seeking UN protection, could escalate. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525573858 )
Residents of Juba arrive at the UN compound on December 20, 2013 where they sought shelter. African diplomats made a push for peace in South Sudan on Friday as bitter fighting spread across the world's youngest nation, with US President Barack Obama warning the oil-rich state was on the brink of civil war. The United Nations Security Council readied emergency consultations on the crisis amid fears that fighting between rival army factions, which has already claimed hundreds of lives and sent tens of thousands seeking UN protection, could escalate. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525573979 )
South Sudanese women queue for water being distributed from a UN resevoir at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Juba on December 21, 2013 where tension remains high fueling an exodus of both local and foreign residents from the south Sudanese capital. Brutal fighting in South Sudan has reopened deep-rooted ethnic divisions, forcing tens of thousands of terrified residents to seek shelter at UN bases or flee in fear of attacks. United Nations peacekeepers are currently sheltering over 35,000 civilians in various bases across the country, many belonging to the minority ethnic group in their respective areas. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525588292 )
South Sudanese women jostle to get at the head of a queue for water being distributed from a UN reservoir at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound where tension remains high fueling an exodus of both local and foreign residents from the south Sudanese capital. Brutal fighting in South Sudan has reopened deep-rooted ethnic divisions, forcing tens of thousands of terrified residents to seek shelter at UN bases or flee in fear of attacks. United Nations peacekeepers are currently sheltering over 35,000 civilians in various bases across the country, many belonging to the minority ethnic group in their respective areas. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525588539 )
A young South Sudanese girl plays in the mud where women have queued up their jerrycans for water being distributed from a UN reservoir at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Juba on December 21, 2013 where tension remains high fueling an exodus of both local and foreign residents from the south Sudanese capital. Brutal fighting in South Sudan has reopened deep-rooted ethnic divisions, forcing tens of thousands of terrified residents to seek shelter at UN bases or flee in fear of attacks. United Nations peacekeepers are currently sheltering over 35,000 civilians in various bases across the country, many belonging to the minority ethnic group in their respective areas. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525592336 )
Displaced people bathe and wash clothes in a stream inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday urged South Sudan's leaders to resolve their political differences peacefully and to stop the violence that has displaced more than 120,000 people in the world's newest country, citing the example of the late Nelson Mandela and saying there is "a very small window of opportunity to secure peace" in the country where fighting since Dec. 15 has raised fears of full-blown civil war. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Violence )
Displaced people bathe and wash clothes in a stream inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday urged South Sudan's leaders to resolve their political differences peacefully and to stop the violence that has displaced more than 120,000 people in the world's newest country, citing the example of the late Nelson Mandela and saying there is "a very small window of opportunity to secure peace" in the country where fighting since Dec. 15 has raised fears of full-blown civil war. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Violence )
In this photo released by the World Food Programme (WFP), staff and helpers unload a truck of cereal food assistance at a U.N. compound where many displaced have taken shelter in Juba, South Sudan, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. South Sudan's military spokesman says there is increasing tension at a United Nations camp in the rebel-held city of Bor because armed elements have entered the congested area where the U.N. says about 17,000 civilians are seeking protection. (AP Photo/WFP, George Fominyen) ( South Sudan Violence )
Children stand by latrines inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday urged South Sudan's leaders to resolve their political differences peacefully and to stop the violence that has displaced more than 120,000 people in the world's newest country, citing the example of the late Nelson Mandela and saying there is "a very small window of opportunity to secure peace" in the country where fighting since Dec. 15 has raised fears of full-blown civil war. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Violence )
A young displaced girl starts crying after the relative she was with disappears into a row of latrines, at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiralling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( APTOPIX South Sudan Refugee Camp )
A displaced girl carries a bowl of water on her head after filling it from a truck, at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiralling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Refugee Camp )
A forklift truck moves shipping containers in a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday urged South Sudan's leaders to resolve their political differences peacefully and to stop the violence that has displaced more than 120,000 people in the world's newest country, citing the example of the late Nelson Mandela and saying there is "a very small window of opportunity to secure peace" in the country where fighting since Dec. 15 has raised fears of full-blown civil war. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Violence )
A displaced child stands in front of the makeshift tents where she and others live next to shipping containers at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiraling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( APTOPIX South Sudan Refugee Camp )
A United Nations camp that has become home to the displaced living in makeshift tents is seen from an airplane over Malakal, South Sudan Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. When violence broke out in Juba on Dec. 15 life remained calm but tense in Malakal, the capital of oil-producing Upper Nile state, but the violence then radiated outward from Juba and full-fledged war broke out in the town on Christmas Day, as army commanders defected and pledged allegiance to the country's ousted vice president, in most cases pitting the ethnic group of President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, against ethnic Nuers. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Violence )
Residents of Juba with their belongings pile onto a truck heading out of the city on December 21, 2013 where tension remains high fueling an exodus of both local and foreign residents from the south Sudanese capital. Brutal fighting in South Sudan has reopened deep-rooted ethnic divisions, forcing tens of thousands of terrified residents to seek shelter at UN bases or flee in fear of attacks. United Nations peacekeepers are currently sheltering over 35,000 civilians in various bases across the country, many belonging to the minority ethnic group in their respective areas. AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBATONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525588176 )
Residents of Juba with their belongings ride out of the city on December 21, 2013 where tension remains high fueling an exodus of both local and foreign residents from the south Sudanese capital. Brutal fighting in South Sudan has reopened deep-rooted ethnic divisions, forcing tens of thousands of terrified residents to seek shelter at UN bases or flee in fear of attacks. United Nations peacekeepers are currently sheltering over 35,000 civilians in various bases across the country, many belonging to the minority ethnic group in their respective areas. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525588186 )
Young South Sudanese men sit in a disused UN vehicle at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Juba on December 21, 2013 as tension remains high fueling an exodus of both local and foreign residents from the south Sudanese capital. Brutal fighting in South Sudan has reopened deep-rooted ethnic divisions, forcing tens of thousands of terrified residents to seek shelter at UN bases or flee in fear of attacks. United Nations peacekeepers are currently sheltering over 35,000 civilians in various bases across the country, many belonging to the minority ethnic group in their respective areas. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525588212 )
South Sudan President Salva Kiir (L) shakes hands with his Uganda counterpart Yoweri Museveni on December 30, 2013 in Juba, South Sudan. South Sudanese rebels allied to ex-vice president Riek Machar sought to retake control of a key town on December 30, the army said, as hopes faded that an upcoming ceasefire deadline will be met in the violence-wracked nation. The conflict, fueled by an old rivalry between Kiir and Machar, has fanned ethnic differences between Kiir's Dinka group and Machar's Nuer clan in the country, which won independence from Sudan in 2011. SAMIR BOL/AFP/Getty Images ( 525690560 )
A handout picture released by Kenya's Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU) shows Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (2nd-R) meeting with South Sudanese political detainees held in government custody during a visit to Juba on December 26, 2013. Kenyatta and Desalegn flew into Juba for talks with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, an AFP journalist said. The visit comes amid ongoing efforts by regional powers to bring a halt to nearly two weeks of unrest in the world's youngest nation. The detainees are accused of being allied with sacked vice president and now rebel leader Riek Machar. AFP PHOTO/HO/PSCU ( 525650930 )
This picture released by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, Doctors without Borders) shows MSF nurse Carmelita giving an injection to treat a young patient with malaria in a Juba hospital on December 26, 2013. Two MSF emergency teams comprised of medics, logistics staff and water treatment specialists are running medical activities for people displaced by the recent fighting in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. An estimated 35,000 people fled to two UN compounds and to other gathering points around the city, seeking refuge from the intense fighting that erupted in Juba. After conducting an independent assessment of the needs, two MSF teams are working to address the medical needs of the displaced. "A few patients have direct violence wounds, such as gunshots, but the situation has calmed now in Juba and trauma medicine no longer seems to be the main need," says Forbes Sharp, MSF Emergency Coordinator in Juba. "The displaced people do not yet feel safe to return to their homes and they are unwilling to cross town to seek healthcare in regular hospitals and clinics. So we are taking healthcare to them."South Sudan's government has agreed to an immediate ceasefire after nearly two weeks of heavy fighting with rebels, East African leaders announced on December 27, 2013. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / MSF - KIM CLAUSEN" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSKim Clausen/AFP/Getty Images ( 525662453 )
A woman sits on a hospital bed next to a Sudan's People Liberation Army, SPLA, soldier lying on the bed after he was injured following an attack by rebels while guarding military barracks and an armory, in Juba, in South Sudan, on December 30, 2013. Sudanese rebels allied to ex-vice president Riek Machar sought to retake control of a key town on December 30, the army said, as hopes faded that an upcoming ceasefire deadline will be met in the violence-wracked nation. The conflict, fueled by an old rivalry between Kiir and Machar, has fanned ethnic differences between Kiir's Dinka group and Machar's Nuer clan in the country, which won independence from Sudan in 2011. IALI NGETHI/AFP/Getty Images ( 525690488 )
People gather at a makeshift IDP camp at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Juba on December 22, 2013 where South Sudanese continue to flock as fears of a resumption of fighting in the capital fester. World leaders have stepped up calls for South Sudan's feuding politicians to end fighting that has pushed the country to the brink of civil war, after four US servicemen were wounded when their aircraft came under fire. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon called Sunday for an immediate end to violence in South Sudan, where the death toll is mounting from fighting between rival forces loyal to the president and his sacked deputy. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525607783 )
A South Sudanese girl puts her family's laundry out to dry on a barbed fence at a makeshift IDP camp at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Juba December 22, 2013 where people continue to flock as fears of a resumption of fighting in the capital fester. World leaders have stepped up calls for South Sudan's feuding politicians to end fighting that has pushed the country to the brink of civil war, after four US servicemen were wounded when their aircraft came under fire. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon called Sunday for an immediate end to violence in South Sudan, where the death toll is mounting from fighting between rival forces loyal to the president and his sacked deputy. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525607913 )
A displaced child struggles to carry a container of drinking water obtained from a truck across a slippery muddy patch of ground at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiraling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Sudan Refugee Camp )
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