An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace deal ... in a remote area in South Sudan, with one member of its ...

South Sudan -- After being gang-raped by armed men while collecting firewood, the 28-year-old tried in vain to get help. Some clinics were closed, others told her to return later and she had no ...

South Sudan's government has denied earlier reports that Uganda had deployed special forces to its capital, Juba. Uganda's military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the soldiers had gone to the ...

Sporadic violence has continued in parts of South Sudan since the peace deal was signed in 2018 The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising ...

If surging tensions between South Sudan ... in the country was an old act,” he added. Risk of renewed civil war The growing tensions have raised concerns that South Sudan may once again ...

The United States ordered the immediate departure of non-emergency personnel from the capital of South Sudan, citing an increase in crime, kidnapping and armed conflict, the Department of State ...

NAIROBI, March 8 (Reuters) - Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body said on Saturday, days after the arrests of ...

After some students collapsed in class due to the extreme heat in South Sudan, the country has closed schools for two weeks. https://p.dw.com/p/4qq8g The vast ...

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South Sudan has formally been at peace since a 2018 peace deal ended a five-year civil war that pitted forces loyal to President Salva Kiir against those of First Vice President Riek Machar and ...

One person working with the United Nations peace-keeping mission to South Sudan and several members of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces were killed during an evacuation exercise in the ...

The Department of State updated its Travel Advisory for South Sudan on March 8, 2025, to reflect the Ordered Departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel for Juba. The Travel Advisory ...