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

A UN helicopter evacuating South Sudanese troops was attacked in Nasir, killing a crew member, several soldiers, and a ...

Growing tensions have threatened to undo their unity government, particularly violent clashes in the northeastern Upper Nile State.

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

Fighting reportedly broke out in Nasir in Upper Nile state on February 14 and 15, the UN mission in South Sudan says.

The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan's capital as tension escalates ...

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva ...

South Sudanese soldiers have surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital and several of his allies were ...

The United States ordered the immediate departure of non-emergency personnel from the capital of South Sudan, citing an increase in crime, kidnapping and armed conflict, the Department of State ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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.