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

South Sudan's security situation is volatile as civil war-time leadership divisions deepen. The UN has expressed concerned, ...

The recent conflict is rooted in repeated extensions of the transition timeframe and enduring political and security problems. Recent deadly clashes between South Sudan’s government and opposition ...

(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. State Department on Sunday ordered nonemergency government ...

Fierce fighting continues in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Government army troops from the south have now joined forces ...

forming the newly independent Republic of Sudan. After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two ...

The U.N. is warning of “an alarming regression that could erase years of hard-won progress” in South Sudan. The latest ...

The move harkens back to President Donald Trump's first term ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations.

One person working with the United Nations peace-keeping mission to South Sudan and several members of the South Sudan People ...

Sudanese army forces advancing on Khartoum converged on Monday with troops in the capital's centre, a military spokesman said ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.S. State Department on Sunday ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north. The travel ...