The conflict in South Sudan and the Central African Republic is increasingly rendering many homeless and causing a concern for the United Nations, African Union and other individual countries that have stakes in both countries.
The UN has called on the factions to address their differences through an inclusive dialogue.
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said that his recent discussions with the South Sudan President, Salva Kiir, showed that he was willing to engage in dialogue while the African Union has called for immediate cease fire, describing the killing of peacekeepers as war crime.
As the conflict escalates, several countries have begun evacuation of their nationals.
A U.S. evacuation mission was aborted when an aircraft on an evacuation mission was short at.
The number of deaths recorded has continued to increase in the country that gained independent from Sudan in 2011.
Elsewhere, in Central African Republic, the president, Michel Djotodia, has expressed his readiness to hold talks with the Christian Anti-Balaka militia, insisting that the country’s survival depends on disarmament.
He urged both the Christian and Muslim vigilante groups to lay down their arms and talk.
Amnesty International said that the number of death recorded in the recent attacks was twice higher than what was previously reported.
The Red Cross had reported that around 460 people have been killed in the violence.
But Amnesty said that the number was higher than that, as some persons prefer to bury their dead without taking the corpse to the Red Cross.
Despite the presence of French troops and other peacekeeping troops, civilians are still being killed on a daily basis.
Amnesty called for more international troops to stop the killings in the conflict that has left hundreds of thousands homeless, increasing humanitarian needs.
Nearly five hundred tonnes of food have been distribute the Central Africa Republic since the crises that has left more than 1.3 million people in urgent need.
