The world’s youngest country fought for decades to govern itself. Now it’s on the cusp of another civil war
A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that ...
Devil's Punchbowl refugee camp for freed slaves during Civil War is misdescribed as 'concentration camp'
The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black ...
U.N. chief: World leaders must speak with one voice to prevent a new civil war in South Sudan
The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling 'over the abyss' ...
Fears of civil war in South Sudan stem from political rivalry between the president and his deputy
Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...
South Sudan opposition says its leader Machar has been arrested as UN warns of a renewed civil war
South Sudan’s main opposition party says its leader Riek Machar has been arrested. JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan’s main ...
South Sudan’s Vice President Has Been Placed Under House Arrest, Party Says
The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country ...
Is South Sudan on the brink of another civil war?
The arrest of Vice President Riek Machar could trigger a new wave of fighting in Africa's youngest nation. Analysts are ...
Myanmar’s devastation: Death toll crosses 2000, relief efforts hampered by civil war
The quake could exacerbate hunger and disease outbreaks in a country that was already one of the world’s most challenging ...
South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar detained amid warnings of renewed civil war in world's youngest country
Mr Machar was "in confinement by the government" and his life was "at risk" after "heavily armed vehicles forcefully entered ...
Detention of South Sudan's VP Machar cancels peace deal, his party says
The detention of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the ...