The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan deepens as heavy fighting continues: some 395,000 people have fled their homes

Around 352,000 people have been internally displaced. Fighting around Bentiu and Bor is reported to have led to signficiant population movements with people fleeing urban areas. photo: afp

(PRN) JUBA, South Sudan, January 13, 2014 - The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan deepened between 8 and 10 January, with heavy fighting in Jonglei and Unity states and sporadic clashes in Central Equatoria and Upper Nile states.