the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Special Representative for South Sudan, IGAD has set clear goals to "de-escalate the crisis and prioritize the implementation of the peace ...

Yet, no matter the words we choose, they hardly capture the essence of the woman who now serves as a headwoman in Yei County, South Sudan. Born and raised in Bahr el Ghazal State, Mary’s life ...

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 ...

South Sudan ... Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) after several proposed peace frameworks had failed. The peace deal was facilitated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD ...

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 ...

The U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said the arrests marked an unravelling of the peace process. The African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development regional ...

A power-sharing deal between Kiir and Machar is unravelling, threatening a return to South Sudan’s blood civil war. Riek Machar attends the signing in Khartoum, Sudan of an accord with the South ...

The arrest of an army general from South Sudan's main opposition is a "grave violation" of the peace deal that ended a five-year civil war, an opposition spokesperson has told the BBC. Gen Gabriel ...