Diaspora leaders descended on Washington this week to demand that the United States press Uganda to withdraw its troops from South Sudan as the country’s worsening ... Ghanaian tycoon’s flashy ...

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

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

South Sudan’s main opposition party says a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war has collapsed, following the ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s main opposition party said Thursday a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war has collapsed, following the arrest of its leader Riek Machar a ...

A Catholic bishop in the Africa’s youngest country has directed the people under his care to participate in daily prayers for peace amid testimonies of rising tension in South Sudan and reports ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a peace agreement in South Sudan was in a shambles, ...

There have been violent clashes between forces loyal to the two rivals, most notably in the northeastern Nasir County of Upper Nile State. Watch moreUN says South Sudan leaders fuelling violence ...

When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 to a chorus of worldwide congratulations and celebrations, ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country’s vice presidents, was arrested in the capital.

South Sudan's main opposition party has said its ... stormed an army base in Upper Nile state and attacked a UN helicopter. The government responded with airstrikes, warning any civilians in ...

Also, its allied rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, holds territory elsewhere in the state, bordering South Sudan.