Analysis - A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised ...

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

Many South Sudanese worry that Juba could soon be consumed by violence again. In 2020 the two main adversaries in the civil ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A major party in South Sudan's coalition government said on Tuesday it had suspended its role in a key ...

Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines.

In the early years of South Sudan’s independence ... Tensions erupted into civil war in December 2013 following a political struggle between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

Juba tense after arrest of opposition politicians, army generals COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The political ...

At least 21 people were killed in an air strike on a village in Nasir County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan on Sunday night.

Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it", Uganda's military chief said on Tuesday, but ...

Tension mounts in South Sudan as power deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar unravels.

South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice ...