Warfare in the world's newest state has displaced more than 400,000 people since mid-December. The number of people seeking refuge at a UN camp in Malakal has nearly doubled to 20,000. Stray bullets are reported to have landed inside the UN camp, wounding people who sought shelter there. The UN mission in South Sudan said it was "gravely concerned about mounting evidence of gross violations of international human rights law" across the country. Nearly 10,000 people have been killed in the latest fighting, according to one estimate.
A displaced mother carries her sick child at a United Nations hospital at Tomping campReutersDisplaced people wash their clothes in a drainage canal at Tomping campReutersAn internally displaced girl bathes a younger child at Tomping campReutersDisplaced people wait for water at Tomping refugee campReutersDisplaced people carry water containers on their heads at Tomping campReutersUnited Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers from Japan assemble a drainage pipe at Tomping campReutersA South Sudanese soldier, adorned with a bandolier of bullets, listens during a briefing at the army general headquarters in JubaReutersSPLA soldiers sing as they celebrate regaining the rebel-held town of Bentiu, restoring government control of Unity state where oil production had been halted by fightingReutersRefugees from Bor county unload their belongings from a boat after arriving at Minkaman port in Awerial countyReutersPeople displaced by the fighting in Bor county carry their belongings after arriving at the port of Minkaman, in Awerial countyReutersTwo woman displaced by the fighting in Bor county chat as they sit by their mosquito nets in Minkaman, Awerial countyReutersWomen displaced by the fighting in Bor county hug each other at the port in Minkaman, Awerial countyReuters
