VIDEO: Chinese peacekeepers in South Sudan

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants 1,100 extra peacekeepers to be sent to South Sudan to help protect civilians who continue to face attacks despite a peace deal signed three months ago.

Alastair Leithead gives his account of what has happened in South Sudan and where it’s heading.

Satirist asks if US has given up on South Sudan

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According to the UN, rape and other forms of sexual violence by all sides in South Sudan's civil war have become so widespread that a two-year-old child was among the victims.

South Sudan has what many business people describe as a "war economy" as they battle to keep their companies afloat as a result of the brutal civil war.

South Sudan civilians have been sheltering in a UN compound in the key rebel-held city of Bentiu as government forces approach.

BBC News gives the context to the fighting engulfing the world's newest state, South Sudan - in 60 seconds.

The UN has warned the situation in South Sudan has actually worsened since a peace deal was signed by the president and the rebel leader last month under intense international pressure.