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• 4.9M South Sudanese Need Help As Famine Ravages African Country

  A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, reporting some 100,000 people are facing starvation, while a million more are on the brink of famine.

• South Sudan President and Rival Leader Qualify for International Sanctions, Says UN Panel

  South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and the armed opposition (SPLM-IO) leader Riek Machar are both qualified for sanctions according to a UN panel.

• South Sudan's warring sides violated ceasefire over 50 times: monitors

  South Sudan's warring sides have violated a ceasefire agreement over 50 times in the last 20 months, mediators said in a report on Thursday.

• South Sudan rebels, army again accuse each other of attacks after pact

  South Sudanese rebels and the army have accused each other for the second time this week of attacks, this time barely a day after President Salva Kiir signed a peace deal that looks increasingly fragile.

• South Sudan president signs peace deal despite concerns

  South Sudan's president signed a peace deal on Wednesday to end a 20-month conflict with rebels, but he told regional African leaders at the ceremony that he still had "serious reservations".

• White House urges end to conflict in South Sudan

  President Barack Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice urged warring leaders in South Sudan on Thursday to end their conflict, blaming the nation's president, Salva Kiir, and rebel leader Riek Machar for "appalling crimes" and violence.

• U.S. ready to expand South Sudan sanctions to end violence: envoy

  The United States, frustrated with slow progress in South Sudan's peace process, is ready to expand sanctions against political and military figures unless warring parties end the violence quickly, the U.S. envoy to South Sudan said on Thursday.