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 First Vice President Riek Machar has accused Uganda of violating a United Nations arms embargo by entering the ...

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

A 28-year-old mother of four who was gang-raped by armed men while collecting firewood, enters a makeshift house in Juba displacement camp, South Sudan, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian ...

Sexual assault is a constant risk for many women in South Sudan JUBA, South Sudan -- After being gang-raped by armed men while collecting firewood, the 28-year-old tried in vain to get help.

This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission in a remote area in South Sudan, with one member of its crew killed and two others seriously injured. The flight ...

The South Sudan opposition said one of its army bases near the capital Juba was bombarded late Monday as Washington warned it was "deeply concerned" by escalating violence between the rival ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Saturday that it is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan. “After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war,” German ...

An alarming surge of violence in South Sudan’s Nasir County, Upper Nile State, is putting communities at risk and threatening to plunge the region into deeper crisis. The violence underscores ...

South Sudan, Africa’s youngest nation and heavily reliant on oil for over 90 per cent of its revenue, has seen its primary export stream severely disrupted for the past year. Oil shipments via ...

and South Sudan officially gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. In the early years of South Sudan’s independence, peace processes failed to address long-standing grievances and ...