Crisis brewing in South Sudan

People displaced by the fighting in Bor county unload their belongings from a boat after arriving in the port of Minkaman, in Awerial county, Lakes state, in South Sudan, Jan. 14, 2014.

According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), there are currently around 84,000 displaced people in the area.

Violence erupted in South Sudan's capital Juba in mid-December and spread to oil-producing regions and beyond, dividing the two-year-old land-locked country along ethnic lines. Some 60,000 civilians are being protected at U.N. Bases.

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People displaced by the fighting in Bor county carry their belongings after arriving in the port of Minkaman, in Awerial county, South Sudan, Jan. 14, 2014.

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SPLA soldiers sit at the back of a pick-up truck in Malakal, Upper Nile state Jan. 12, 2014. Malakal, the main town in Upper Nile, was held by rebels for a few days in December.

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Two woman displaced by the fighting in Bor county look to each other as they sit by their mosquito nets in Minkaman, in Awerial county, South Sudan, Jan. 14, 2014.

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A young boy, injured while fleeing from clashes, rests at a medical clinic inside the United Nations compound on the outskirts of the capital Juba in South Sudan, Dec. 17, 2013.

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An SPLA soldier is pictured behind a South Sudan flag as he sits on the back of a pick-up truck in Bentiu, Unity state, Jan. 12, 2014.

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An internally displaced boy carries his belongings inside a United Nations Missions in Sudan (UNMIS) compound in Juba, Dec. 19, 2013.

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Locals and foreign nationals gather at Juba International Airport as they wait for flights out of the South Sudanese capital Juba, Dec. 18, 2013.

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir wipes his face during a news conference in Juba, Dec. 18, 2013.

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An SPLA soldier gestures as he sits in a vehicle in Juba, Dec. 21, 2013.

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A South Sudan army soldier, with his head covered, looks on in Malakal, 308 miles northeast of capital Juba, Dec. 30, 2013, a few days after retaking the town from rebel fighters.

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A South Sudan army soldier stands next to a machine gun mounted on a truck in Malakal town, Dec. 30, 2013.

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South Sudanese army soldiers are seen guarding Malakal town, 308 miles northeast of capital Juba, Dec. 30, 2013, after retaking the town from rebel fighters.

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The body of a dead soldier lies on a street in Malakal, 308 miles northeast of capital Juba, Dec. 30, 2013.

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An internally displaced man holds his son inside a United Nations Missions in Sudan (UNMIS) compound in Juba, Dec. 19, 2013.

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Internally displaced people sit inside a United Nations Missions in Sudan (UNMIS) compound in Juba, Dec. 19, 2013.

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Displaced men smoke at Tomping camp, where some 17,000 displaced people who fled their homes are being sheltered by the United Nations, in Juba, Jan. 10, 2014.

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Displaced families are seen camped inside the Tomping UN base near Juba international airport, Dec. 24, 2013.

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South Sudan army soldiers are pictured in Bor, 108 miles northwest from Juba, Dec. 25, 2013.

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A man from the Dinka tribe holds his AK 47 rifle in front of cows in a Dinka cattle herders camp near Rumbek, in central South Sudan, Dec. 14, 2013.

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An internally displaced boy waits for water inside a United Nations Missions in Sudan (UNMIS) compound, in Juba, Dec. 19, 2013.

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An SPLA soldier walks in Juba, Dec. 21, 2013.

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An internally displaced boy walks next to barbed wire inside a United Nations Missions in Sudan (UNMIS) compound in Juba December 19, 2013. South Sudanese government troops battled to regain control of a flashpoint town and sent forces to quell fighting in a vital oil producing area on Thursday, the fifth day of a conflict that that has deepended ethnic divisions in the two-year-old nation.