S. Sudan Cease-Fire in Shambles after 48 Hours

A months-long civil war is plunging the world's newest nation, South Sudan, into a humanitarian crisis.

President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed to a cease-fire at a meeting last Friday in Ethiopia. However, new fighting broke out less than 48 hours later.

South Sudan has been facing ethnic violence for the last six months. In January, the two sides made a similar cease-fire agreement which collapsed in days.

The violence has left thousands dead and displaced more than 1.3 million, leaving them without access to basic humanitarian aid.

"This was my home; it was burned by the soldiers," Myabany Nhial, a cereals trader and mother of 10, said. "They killed three of my children, and they took all the sorghum grain and whatever we had in our house."

"Now we are left to die without any food, water or shelter," she said. "They have taken away everything."

The deteriorating situation is increasing concerns among aid workers that famine will soon set in.

More than 1.3 million people have fled their homes since violence broke out in December.