2.5m on brink of famine in South Sudan amid civil war

>The South Sudan government, through the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), has extended an olive branch to rebel leader Riek Machar in a bid to end bloodshed in strife-torn South Sudan and want him “to return home”.

Voice of America
South Sudan Warring Parties Admit Responsibility for 'Civil War'
Voice of America
JUBA—. The warring sides in South Sudan's conflict have publicly admitted that they are responsible for more than 10 months of deadly violence in the country, and pledged to take steps to restore peace. Three factions of the Sudan People's Liberation ...
South Sudan's rival leaders in Tanzania for talksStarAfrica.com
Rival South Sudan leaders accept 'responsibility' for civil warSabahi Online
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>South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir was in Khartoum for talks with his Sudanese counterpart on Tuesday after a new flare-up of fighting in his country’s 11-month civil war.

Sudan Tribune
South Sudan to Host Regional Summit on Talks to End Civil War
Businessweek
East African leaders will meet in South Sudan's capital today for a summit on the latest efforts to end the country's 10-month-old civil war. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will brief leaders from Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia on the outcome of talks he held ...
South Sudanese rebels deny endorsing Kiir's party leadershipSudan Tribune
S. Sudan leaders accept war 'responsibility'gurtong
South Sudan People...

The Guardian Nigeria
Top South Sudan leader reunites with rivals amid war
Zee News
Juba: Top South Sudanese politician Pagan Amum, arrested and sacked as secretary general of the ruling party as civil war erupted 18-months ago, was reinstated to his post on Tuesday. The return of Amum, once one of the most influential leaders of the ...
Pagan Amum rejoins ruling SPLM faction and is reinstated as secretary-generalRadio Tamazuj
S/Sudan: Former ruling party Pagan Amum arrives in Juba to meet Salva...

At least 30,000 people in South Sudan are facing starvation and millions more are facing severe hunger because of the civil war, the UN says.

The United Nations Security Council warned on Thursday of a possible famine next year in South Sudan and an attendant risk of “regional instability.”

Images reveal impact of war, including boy born in Nile marshes

Man-made famine looming in South Sudan