The United Nations has condemned reports by local rights groups of extrajudicial killings taking place in Sudan’s capital, ...

African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new civil war after ...

South Sudan is admittedly a frustrating portfolio for policymakers. The country’s leadership is corrupt and unreliable. Too many actors are quick to exploit ethnic cleavages for their own gain, sowing ...

The arrest of Machar last week was seen by some observers as the spark that could reignite the civil war that the rivals ...

The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, could be on the brink of another civil war. At the heart of the tensions is a power struggle between the country's president and vice president.

Barrel bombs believed to contain a highly flammable liquid have been used in airstrikes in South Sudan as escalating violence ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its foundation ...

JUBA, South Sudan — After being gang-raped by armed men while collecting firewood, the 28-year-old tried in vain to get help. Some clinics were closed, others told her to return later and she ...

People wave flags and chant slogans as they celebrate on the streets of Port Sudan on 21 March 2025 ... The RSF controls much of the country's south and nearly all of the vast western region ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Saturday that it is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan. “After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war,” German ...

Read more South Sudan vice-president's allies arrested in threat to peace deal It means the rival Rapid Support Forces, under General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, have been mostly expelled from the ...

Sudan’s army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, state TV reported on Thursday, in a significant milestone in a two-year ...