When South Sudan’s civil war erupted in 2013, Nasir was engulfed in violence. Government troops – largely of Dinka origin – perceived the Nuer-majority town as enemy territory. Their ...

Traditional authorities in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, have rejected pressure to join the ongoing ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained ... while Kiir is an ethnic Dinka. Machar's party denies any links.

Soon after, violence erupted between presidential guard soldiers from the two largest ethnic groups in South Sudan. Soldiers from the Dinka ethnic group aligned with Kiir, and those from the Nuer ...