Opposition also says motion to postpone elections set for end of June and extend terms of president, lawmakers and state governors should be put to a popular vote
The lawmakers' vote delays elections and extends the terms of elected officials even longer than the two-year delay that President Salva Kiir's cabinet called for last month.
Head of World Food Program says in 4 months since her last visit, things have gone from bad to worse, with hundreds of thousands displaced, millions facing hunger
Construction of the bridge across the River Nile is expected to be completed by 2018.
President Salva Kiir tells a rally of his Sudan People's Liberation Movement party that South Sudan's economy is already on its knees after 15 months of conflict.
Analysts Jok Madut Jok and Luka Biong say the leaked report is a good historical record of events in South Sudan since Dec. 2013, but question the recommendations it makes.
A spokesman for the South Sudan army says government positions at opposite ends of the country were attacked by rebel forces.
Acting SPLM Secretary General Anne Itto says President Kiir has revoked an order he gave last year to fire the officials accused of treason by the government
Residents of the Upper Nile town of Wau Shilluk, from which at least 89 boys were taken by force last week, say they have seen the children in military camps.
Government spokesman Michael Makuei says there are two rebel factions in Addis Ababa, where peace talks are due to resume -- a claim the opposition denies.
The victim, who has not been named, worked for U.S. NGO, the Carter Center, in Juba.
Defense Minister Kuol Manyang says many civilians were wounded and displaced when rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar attacked two towns in oil-rich Upper Nile state.
Information Minister Michael Makuei says publishers and broadcasters who give rebels a platform inside South Sudan will be shut down and journalists will be "put where you will not be talking."
Rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar deny involvement in the clashes, which they say has claimed the lives of many civilians, including women and children.
The SPLA says rebels loyal to Riek Machar crossed from Unity state to Lakes state - which has been relatively peaceful throughout the 13-month conflict - and attacked a village.
The government and rebels blame each other for starting the fighting in oil-producing Upper Nile state, which comes amid new international efforts to end the 13-month-old conflict.
The transitional constitution requires a census be held before the upcoming general elections but officials say the ongoing conflict has prevented them from doing a population count.
The funds will expand services at the Juba Teaching Hospital, the main medical center in South Sudan, one of few hospitals in the nation.
Both sides blame the other for starting the latest fighting, as the conflict in South Sudan goes into a second year.
An opposition leader says the millions earmarked for the general election should be used to help the thousands who have been displaced by South Sudan's year-long conflict.
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