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 ...

New alliances in Sudan’s civil war risk sparking a regional conflict by drawing in neighbouring South Sudan, analysts tell Al Jazeera. The biggest development was an alliance in February between ...

In a statement on Saturday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed the transitional government of the African nation for a lack of “full cooperation” and accused South Sudan of “taking ...

In a sign of the fragile situation in the country, the US embassy has urged Americans to flee South Sudan while they still can. Similar advice was issued by Britain. The African Union, which ...