Emergency aid drops into South Sudan, where escalating violence is forcing thousands of people to flee. Alia Bhatt’s former ...

Authorities uncover elephant tusks being smuggled. South Sudan is concerned that its elephants could become extinct due to illegal wildlife trade.

Two female tourists in Zambia were killed by an elephant Thursday while on a walking safari in a national park, police said.

Five southern African countries, with more than half the continent's elephants, are conducting a first-ever aerial census to determine the elephant population and how to protect it.

Six journalists in South Sudan have been arrested over the circulation of footage appearing to show President Salva Kiir wetting himself, media rights groups say.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its ...

South Sudan men's basketball, in its first Olympics, is defying the odds in Paris. Team USA eeked out exhibition match and meets them again Wednesday.

More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a "devastating milestone". Of those, 1.5 million have ...

As instability and violence in South Sudan continue, those who have fled urgently need protection, shelter and medical care. UNHCR is striving to restore hope to thousands who have been uprooted.

In South Sudan, a new front line of climate change after historic flooding World News anchor David Muir on hundreds of thousands displaced by floods.

Learn about UNHCR’s work in South Sudan, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and contact details.