KAMPALA - Parliament has approved the deployment of Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) troops in South Sudan, a move seen as a buffer for President Salva Kiir following his recent shake-up of the ...

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 socio-economic outcomes have worsened over the past decade due to recurrent conflicts, fragility, and ...

The Sudanese Army recaptured the city of Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazira State, at the beginning of January 2025, then broke the siege on the headquarters of the Sudanese Army’s General ...

South Sudan’s government has asked civilians to leave a northern area a day after the army conducted an airstrike against an armed group accused of overrunning a military base and attacking a U.N ...

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

The current month of Ramadan marks almost two years of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and their respective allies. During ...

The new constitution formally establishes a government and maps out what it describes as ... which controls vast areas in Sudan's South Kordofan, and other smaller groups. The RSF and its allies ...

1 On 30 January 2025, just 10 days later, a deadly outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus was reported in Kampala, Uganda.2 By 10 February, nine cases of the virus had been confirmed.3 This ...

The world’s richest men are taking from the world’s poorest communities with deadly consequences. Right now, every $1 becomes $5 to fight for equality. Oxfam takes a closer look at USAID, an agency ...

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the capital of South Darfur The paramilitary group said the plane was destroyed with its crew onboard. The recent escalation follows significant advances by the army in central Sudan and the ...