The 2013-2018 war was marked by ethnic divisions, with Kiir’s Dinka-led forces clashing against Machar’s Nuer-aligned troops.

South Sudan is admittedly a frustrating portfolio for policymakers. The country’s leadership is corrupt and unreliable. Too ...

Pope Francis appealed to South Sudan leaders to "lower the tension in the country" as Catholic bishops in Sudan and ...

Recent clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have raised fears that South ...

The country is experiencing a new wave of refugee arrivals from South Sudan as the crisis in the neighboring country worsens, ...

(Reuters) - African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new ...

Mediators from the African Union have arrived in South Sudan to prevent a new civil war following the house arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar. President Kiir accuses Machar of inciting ...

A Gaza family's open admission this week that they killed an officer from the Hamas-run police force after they said a ...

Raila had visited South Sudan in his capacity as Kenya's special envoy to South Sudan to help mediate peace talks and prevent further escalation of conflict in the country. His role involves engaging ...

More than 600 soldiers from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) have defected to the South Sudan ...

UK Core Group Statement to Introduce Item 2 Resolution on South Sudan. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley ...

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint and uphold the peace agreement as ...