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

South Sudan is on the verge of another civil war, the UN’s top official in the country warned Monday, citing escalating ...

The latest tensions stem from fighting in the country’s north between government troops and a rebel militia, known as the ...

South Sudan is suffering its worst cholera outbreak since it became an independent nation in 2011, the United Nations warned ...

UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy ...

South Sudan and Chad have condemned threats made by a top Sudanese general, warning of the risk of regional escalation.

Civil war has raged across Sudan for almost two years now, spreading millions of refugees around east Africa including into ...

International diplomacy has failed to bring an end to the war in one of Africa’s largest countries, but recent events suggest ...

A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war ...

Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the ...

Kristof exposes the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan, highlighting U.S. inaction and complicity in exacerbating the ...