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Number of people fleeing South Sudan violence hits one-day record officials say
The refugees, nearly all women and children, were escaping stepped-up fighting.
The fighting broke out last week between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and vice president Riek Machar.
The EU and the US have already imposed sanctions on both sides for frequent breaches of a ceasefire.
Officials say more than 200 people, mostly women and children, drowned while fleeing violence.
Mapisa-Nqakula says the SANDF ‘doesn’t have the capacity’ to keep deploying troops to African countries.
Negotiations in South Sudan's neighbour Ethiopia have already faced a series of delays and false starts.
The defence minister says the SA military may send liberation troops with resources to South Sudan.
United Nations reported that over 45,000 civilians have been displaced in South Sudan.
EWN’s Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news.
Almost a year after the split, border skirmishes brought both countries close to full-blown war.
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has agreed to resume peace talks with South Sudan.
Fresh fighting between Sudan and South Sudan has claimed the lives of 24 people.
The AU hopes to defuse conflict between Sudan and South Sudan in a bid to avoid violence.
Neighbours Sudan and South Sudan will set up another buffer zone along disputed borders.
Sudan said South Sudan needs to get rid of its rebels so oil exports can continue.
Sudan & South Sudan ON Wednesday accused one another of incursions in disputed border areas.
Sudan and South Sudan pledged to work together to rebuild their shattered economies.
Trade between Sudan and South Sudan could be boosted by a peace accord which includes a bank deal.