Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the 26 March arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar, ...

Hoping to pull South Sudan back from the brink of another civil war ... "What we are seeing is darkly reminiscent" of the ...

Barrel bombs believed to contain a highly flammable liquid have been used in airstrikes in South Sudan as escalating violence pushes the world's newest country to the brink of another civil war, the ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world's ...

The number of civilians in South Sudan harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and other armed groups increased by 51 ...

During Sudan’s second north-south civil war from 1983 to 2005, before South Sudan became independent, Khartoum sought to ...

Scratch the surface and you quickly learn what drove so many to risk dangerous journeys to reach South Sudan. For here is a ...

The detention of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday.

T he United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation. Now the Trump administration has ...

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

There were high hopes when oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. But the country slid into a civil war in December 2013 largely based on ethnic ...