The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

The recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan doesn’t appear to have been motivated by political directives from the country ...

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

On Saturday, the German government was the latest to temporarily close its embasy in the capital Juba. "After years of ...

The US is evacuating non-emergency personnel from oil-rich South Sudan amid concerns that Africa ... Kiir is from the rival Dinka ethnic group. On Saturday two United Nations helicopters operating ...

An airstrike by South Sudan's airforce killed at least 19 people in the country's east, residents said, less than two weeks after government forces withdrew from the area following intense fighting ...

Crudely speaking, these pit the Dinka, Kiir's ethnic group and the nation's largest, against the Nuer, Machar's group and South Sudan's second largest. Many South Sudanese and diplomats serving in ...

Uganda says it has deployed troops in South Sudan's capital South Sudan requested deployment, says Uganda military South Sudan information minister says no troops present Tensions rose after ...

March 12, 2025 (ABYEI)– Traditional authorities in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, have rejected pressure to join the ongoing war in Sudan, citing its negative impact on ...

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 ...

Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, accused a group of soldiers loyal to Machar ...