In his statement to the UN, the Reverend Glen Ruffle, the Anglican Communion’s UN Representative in Geneva, highlighted the ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. South Sudan is on the brink of a return to civil war. The first round, which ...

and South Sudan officially gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. In the early years of South Sudan’s independence, peace processes failed to address long-standing grievances and ...

JUBA - Recent clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have raised fears that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war. The arrest of Machar last ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy ...

South Sudan's security situation is volatile, as civil war-time leadership divisions deepen. The UN has expressed concern, regional mediators are scrambling and a US evacuation is underway.

Analysts are urging the international community to push for peace in the fragile country. In South Sudan, the world's youngest country, a fragile power-sharing deal is teetering. On Thursday ...

If surging tensions between South Sudan’s president and first vice president are not addressed on time, the country risks returning to 'full-scale civil war,' says analyst Edmund Yakani 'The ...

KAMPALA – Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country’s vice presidents, was arrested in the capital. Machar’s ...

Amid multiple crises in the country, malnutrition remains a critical public health concern. UNICEF is there, but with foreign aid cuts, more donor support is urgently needed. In Renk, Upper Nile ...