The five-judge panel adjourns the court until Friday after a key prosecution witness fails to show up
Germany's Minister for Cooperation and Development, Gerd Mueller, says during a visit to Juba that the aid will be available immediately, and vows not to abandon the South Sudanese people.
The funds will be used to help alleviate a looming food security crisis and help South Sudanese who fled to neighboring countries, among other critical issues.
The capital of the main oil-producing state in South Sudan has changed hands five times since fighting broke out in mid-December.
The announcement of the Cabinet changes comes eight months after President Salva Kiir fired his entire cabinet shutting down several ministries, citing austerity measures and the need to streamline the government.
A day after four detainees accused of plotting to overthrow the government appear in a Juba court, a judge adjourns their hearing and orders seven other political figures to return from Kenya and appear in court.
Four former SPLM members are among 11 political figures who were taken into custody shortly after fighting erupted in Juba on Dec. 15, in what President Salva Kiir said was a failed bid to oust him
Unless the hundreds of thousands displaced by months of conflict are able to return home and plant crops, there will be shortages of staple foods, the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization say.
Clashes between soldiers at the same barracks where fighting in December triggered nearly three months of conflict around the country were quickly brought under control, but raised tensions in Juba.
Oxfam pulled out its staff from the town in Upper Nile after fresh fighting broke out at the weekend between pro- and anti-government forces, the NGO's country director says.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka calls for women's voices to be heard at peace talks in Addis Ababa, says what they have been through during South Sudan's conflict is beyond her worst fears.
General Gat-hoth Gatkuoth, who rejected the January 23 cessation of hostilities agreement, has reportedly attacked government positions several times in recent weeks.
Floods that wiped out last year's crop in Twic East county and fighting in the region have combined to create severe food shortages that a county commissioner says has led to deaths by starvation.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Toby Lanzer, calls for $1.27 billion to provide food, medicine and other emergency needs for people affected by six weeks of fighting in the world's newest nation.
President Salva Kiir's order for the governors of Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states to prepare assessment reports of damages in their states from nearly six weeks of fighting came just hours before the two sides in the conflict signed a ceasefire deal.
The announcement that members of the SPLA have been detained comes after a report says there have been widespread ethnic killings in the country's month-long conflict.
A spokesman for President Salva Kiir also denies that rebels have retaken the town of Malakal in oil-rich Upper Nile state.
The capital of South Sudan's second biggest oil-producing state was retaken from rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar after a two-hour battle Friday, army spokesman Philip Aguer says.
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, says well over 1,000 civilians have died in the fighting in South Sudan and vows to continue providing assistance to them, despite many challenges facing humanitarian agencies.
President Salva Kiir calls for three days of mourning for the South African giant, who died Thursday at the age of 95.
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