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

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

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

Hoping to pull South Sudan back from the brink of another civil war ... "What we are seeing is darkly reminiscent" of the civil war between 2013 and 2018, "which killed 400,000 people." AllAfrica ...

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

In 2010, Dr Lam Akol cautioned South Sudanese against prematurely voting for independence. He warned that a weak government ...

A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest — could swiftly lapse ...

Pope Francis kissed the feet of South Sudan's rival leaders in a dramatic call for peace. His death rekindles memories of ...

As president, he oversaw the Second Sudanese Civil War, the secession of South Sudan, and the conflict in ... organized under the RSF banner in 2013. Since then, the RSF has been employed as ...

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.

There were high hopes for peace and stability after oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011. But the country slid into civil war in December 2013 when forces loyal to Mr Kiir ...