Subscribe to VICE News for more updates now: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News

The war in South Sudan began in murky circumstances in mid-December, when tribal factions within the country's army, the SPLA, began fighting each other in the center of the capital, Juba. The SPLA quickly fractured into two camps: an insurgency drawn from members of former vice president Riek Machar's Nuer tribe and troops who remained loyal to President Salva Kiir, of the Dinka tribe. Both sides have been accused of committing gross human rights abuses during the conflict. VICE News arrived in Juba and found the army desperate to dispel rumors that rebels were advancing on the capital. Soldiers were keen to take our correspondents on a trip with them into the bush to recapture the strategic city of Bor from the rebels... only the raid didn't turn out quite as they had expected.

Continue to part 2/5 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skAypVSIaJc&list=PLw613M86o5o4wb2J1E_E9SweBwkKrlYqT

Click here to watch "Conflict in South Sudan: Dispatch One" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOYXaoJZjYc&list=PLw613M86o5o6E_d21zdiQ9WCTQPnqmAst

Sign up for the Beta at http://vicenews.com

Follow VICE News here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews
Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/