Civil War Spreads In South Sudan

Map of South Sudan locating latest fighting and UN bases sheltering civilians and oil concessions (AFP)

Political Strife In South Sudan Sets Off Ethnic Violence -- New York Times

KHARTOUM, Sudan — He sat among tens of thousands of terrified people crammed into the United Nations compound, most of them women and children, taking notes about their desperate rush to safety. Like them, he had come seeking protection.

“They came to my house,” the man, Biel Boutros Biel, a human rights activist, said of the South Sudanese security forces. “I knew they were coming after me.”

After President Salva Kiir announced that his government had headed off a coup attempt by his former vice president last week, South Sudan was tossed into uncertainty and upheaval. Hundreds are believed to have been killed in the capital, Juba, with thousands more fleeing into the bush to escape the violence.

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More News On The Growing Violence In South Sudan

Fleeing workers tell of brutal killings as South Sudan edges towards civil war -- The Guardian
Thousands flee homes as fighting continues in South Sudan -- Euronews
Up to 40,000 flee to U.N. bases in South Sudan as violence escalates -- CNN
S. Sudan sends more troops to retake town, says spots rebel ex-VP -- Reuters
Rebels hold key oil capital in South Sudan -- Washington Post/AP
'Rebel' S. Sudan ex-VP Riek Machar claims to control 'key state' -- Business Standard
South Sudan rebels take their battle to the oilfields -- Independent.ie
South Sudan lifeline oil fields under rebel threat -- AFP
S. Sudan oil flow via Sudan unaffected by fighting -- Global Post/AFP
Envoys head to South Sudan as fighting rages -- AFP
South Sudan Needs $1.1 Billion as Thousands Displaced, UN Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Obama warns South Sudan over violence -- Al Jazeera
Spectre of civil war looms in South Sudan -- Carl Odera, Mail & Guardian