South Sudan's independence in 2011 was met with hopes for freedom and democracy. However, political rivalry between President ...

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of northeastern Upper Nile state where clashes have escalated ...

South Sudan split from the rest of Sudan in 2011 after decades of pro-independence unrest but has struggled to keep the peace in its territory, which is divided along ethnic lines. It plunged into ...

In the early years of South Sudan’s independence, peace processes failed to address long-standing grievances and widespread disenfranchisement. Weak governance and pre-existing ethnic tensions ...

When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 to a chorus of worldwide congratulations and celebrations, ...

There were high hopes when oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. But the country slid into a civil war in December 2013 largely based on ethnic ...

Who Is Salva Kiir, the Former Rebel Leading Fractured South Sudan? (Reuters ... a civil war that fractured his young nation along ethnic lines. Global and regional powers pressed for a settlement.

S.Sudan President Sacks Upper Nile Governor After Clashes With Ethnic Militia NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of northeastern Upper Nile state where ...