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 ...

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

Sudan's army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, ...

The recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan doesn’t appear to have been motivated by political directives from the country ...

FILE - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution.

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudanese soldiers surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital on Wednesday and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to him overran ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese soldiers surrounded Vice President Riek Machar's home in the capital on Wednesday and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to ...

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 ...

Local media reported that the aircraft was on the way to the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, the seat of the military ... the provincial capital of South Darfur province.

Having already experienced a split when South Sudan was created in 2011, there are widespread fears that Sudan, already facing a deep humanitarian crisis because of the war, which began in April ...