Fifteen years into its independence from the north, South Sudan is at a precipice — will it slip back into war or pull back and fully implement the 2018 agreement that ended its first civil war?

South Sudan is the youngest and poorest country on the planet, and a new civil war is one it can ill-afford after 400,000 ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Saturday that it is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan. “After years of ...

South Sudan’s five-year civil war, in which 400,000 people were killed, ended in a 2018 peace agreement that brought President Salva Kiir and Machar together in a unity government.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s main opposition party said its leader Riek Machar has been arrested as the U.N. called on all parties to uphold the 2018 agreement that ended the country ...

South Sudan is teetering on the edge of a renewed civil war, the top UN official in the world's youngest nation has warned, lamenting the government's sudden postponement of the latest peace effort.

Clashes between South Sudan's president and long-time rival threaten to plunge the country back into civil war. The South Sudan opposition said one of its bases was attacked. The US warned violence ...

FILE – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the ...

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