The Republic of South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, following decades of bloody civil war. However, ...

The outlook is further complicated by the ongoing civil war to the north in Sudan, which could be expected to spill its borders in the event of state collapse in South Sudan. The instability emanates ...

Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Wau has decried the protracted violent conflicts in the ...

There are degrees of poverty. Crossing the border from Uganda to South Sudan reveals such a difference. In April, Texans on ...

Pope Francis was affectionate towards South Sudan, President Salva Kiir of the world’s youngest nation has said, and recalled ...

Crisis Group's Daniel Akech on stirrings of renewed civil war in South SudanThe South Sudanese army recaptured the town of Nasir on 19 April, in a setback for the opposition militia that had seized it ...

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 ...

Despite their concerns, Southern Sudanese voted for independence in 2011, as per the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ...

South Sudan’s National Security Service (NSS) actively promotes repression, democratic regression and instability and is contributing to the country’s descent into renewed civil war. These are the ...

Observers say the country is still on a knife edge with politically-motivated purges targeting Machar allies who are either dismissed from their positions or detained.

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

The finding comes in its latest brief on violence against civilians, which also reveals a similar rise in incidents of ...