Lawyers

• 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".

• South Sudan's Kiir tells U.S. he will sign peace deal: U.S. spokesman

  South Sudan's President Salva Kiir told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday he intends to sign a peace deal to end a 20-month-old conflict, a State Department spokesman said.

• 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.

• China questions U.S. threat of U.N. sanctions on South Sudan

  China on Friday questioned the logic behind a U.S. push to create a United Nations sanctions regime for South Sudan while warring parties there negotiate a power-sharing deal to end the conflict in the country, the world's newest state.

• South Sudan president and rebel leader sign 'power sharing' deal

  South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar signed a power sharing agreement on Monday, African diplomatic sources said, edging closer to a final deal to end a 15-month conflict that has ravaged the world's newest country.

• Tears, chants as rebel child soldiers are freed in South Sudan

  The teenage rebel soldiers watched as their comrades handed over their assault rifles and stripped off their oversized khaki uniforms with the red, black and green South Sudan flag emblazoned on the right shoulder.

• 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.