Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil ...

South Sudan's security situation is volatile, as civil war-time leadership divisions deepen. The UN has expressed concern, ...

Residents of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, are familiar with violence. When civil war erupted in 2013, two years after independence from Sudan, the city was the scene of ethnic massacres and ...

An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace ...

Indiscriminate attacks, political scapegoating, and ethnic tensions risk sparking new civil war Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an ...

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 ...

The United States ordered the immediate departure of non-emergency personnel from the capital of South Sudan, citing an increase in crime, kidnapping and armed conflict, the Department of State ...

NAIROBI, March 18 (Reuters) - A major party in South Sudan's coalition government said on Tuesday it had suspended its role in a key element of a 2018 peace deal as relations between its leader ...

If surging tensions between South Sudan’s president and first vice president are not addressed on time, the country risks returning to 'full-scale civil war,' says analyst Edmund Yakani 'The ...

South Sudan's government has denied earlier reports that Uganda had deployed special forces to its capital, Juba. Uganda's military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the soldiers had gone to the ...

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb. 5 ...

South Sudan's president appealed for calm and pledged his country would "not go back to war," after a United Nations helicopter was attacked and a crew member killed during a Friday rescue mission.