Meanwhile, battles raged in several cities in South Sudan on Tuesday.
Heavy fighting was reported in Malakal, the capital of oil-producing Upper Nile state, as rebel forces staged a fresh attack to seize the town.
Control of Malakal has already changed hands twice since the conflict in South Sudan began on December 15.
"There is fighting anew in and around Malakal," United Nations aid chief for South Sudan Toby Lanzer said, adding that the peacekeeping base had been swamped with almost double the number of people seeking shelter, rising from 10,000 to 19,000.
According to the United Nations, about 400,000 civilians have fled their homes over the past month.
The fighting is between South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar.
Aljazeera.
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