Toby Lanzer

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  No Peace in Sight as South Sudan Sinks Into 'New Brutality'

  Girls gang raped by soldiers then burned alive, boys castrated, armies of child fighters: the litany of atrocities in South Sudan's civil war is growing, with the international community apparently powerless to stop the fighting.

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  Expelled UN official for Predicting Country's 'Collapse': South Sudan

  South Sudan's government sought Today to justify the expulsion of the United Nations' outspoken aid coordinator Toby Lanzer, blasting him for unfairly predicting the country's collapse.

• UN Says 50,000 Children Face Death in South Sudan as Launches Aid Plan

  Tens of thousands of children in South Sudan could die this year without assistance from aid agencies, the United Nations said on Saturday, as it appealed for more than $1 billion to help those hit by six months of civil war.

• Over 200 South Sudan civilians drown in ferry accident: army

  At least 200 South Sudanese civilians drowned on Tuesday in a ferry accident on the White Nile river while fleeing fresh fighting in the city of Malakal, an army spokesman said.

• South Sudan rivals gather in Ethiopia for ceasefire talks

  South Sudan's warring parties gathered in Ethiopia on Thursday for peace talks hoped to end nearly three weeks of conflict that has left thousands dead in the world's newest nation.

• 'No doubt' thousands dead in South Sudan violence: UN

  Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in over a week of violence, the top United Nations humanitarian chief in the country said on Tuesday.