South Sudan’s government has asked civilians to leave a northern area a day after the army conducted an airstrike against an ...

A major party in South Sudan's coalition government said on Tuesday it had suspended its role in a key element of a 2018 ...

and South Sudan officially gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. In the early years of South Sudan’s independence, peace processes failed to address long-standing grievances and ...

The United States ordered the immediate departure of non-emergency personnel from the capital of South Sudan, citing an increase in crime, kidnapping and armed conflict, the Department of State ...

An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace ...

If surging tensions between South Sudan’s president and first vice president are not addressed on time, the country risks returning to 'full-scale civil war,' says analyst Edmund Yakani 'The ...

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb. 5 ...

Uganda Says It Has Deployed Troops in South Sudan Capital NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it", Uganda's military chief said on ...