The 2013-2018 war was marked by ethnic divisions, with Kiir’s Dinka-led forces clashing against Machar’s Nuer-aligned troops.

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 ...

The arrest of Machar last week was seen by some observers as the spark that could reignite the civil war that the rivals ...

The Sudanese Armed Forces announced the recapture of Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after nearly two years of ...

Amnesty International expressed concerns on Tuesday about the lack of political will in South Sudan to address ongoing violations of international human rights law amid escalating violence from both ...

In a new cycle of escalating security threats in the eastern arc of the African continent and its adjacent southern regions, the dynamics of local and ...

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up rebellion, the government said on Friday, the first confirmation of a detention ...

A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest — could swiftly lapse ...

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling 'over the abyss' ...

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