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

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

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 ...

Countries issue travel warnings for South Sudan as violence spreads near Juba, prompting urgent alerts and new restrictions ...

Concerns have ratcheted up about security in South Sudan since fighting broke out between forces loyal to the two men behind ...

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.

South Sudanese government denies Odinga's claims that First Vice President Riek Machar's wife was also under house arrest.

MILLIONS of children and youth in South Sudan face a growing threat of violence and recruitment to armed groups as the political situation deteriorates. Years of conflict, combined with environmental ...

Days after former Prime Minister Raila Odinga briefed the country of his high-stakes meeting with South Sudan's President ...

VATICAN: After Pope Francis was released from Hospital last Sunday, his situation remains "stable with slight improvements” ...