The once-pristine white oil tanks of Sudan's largest refinery have been blackened by nearly two years of devastating war, ...

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the world's youngest nation. In early March 2025, ...

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the world’s youngest nation. In early March 2025, ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of northeastern Upper Nile state where clashes have escalated between government troops and an ethnic militia he accuses of allying with his ...

The retired general was excluded from high-level talks on ending the war after the Kremlin said it didn't want him there. Vladimir Putin thought he was too pro-Ukraine, a senior Russian official ...

But while Ukraine's president says there is a "good chance" to end the war, he and a key ally say Russia is trying to delay negotiations. Listen to The World podcast with Richard Engel and Yalda ...