Sexual assault is a constant risk for many women in South Sudan. Now one aid group is trying to bridge the gap with technology, to find and help survivors more quickly. But it’s not easy in a country ...

Sudan’s conflict didn’t break out because of the UAE and Saudi Arabia – but local actors felt able to go to war because of ...

South Sudan has been plagued by crises that West Africa reporter Sam Mednick has covered extensively. On a reporting trip ...

The Mashco Piro are an uncontacted tribe found in remote regions of the Amazon rainforest in south-east Peru. It’s thought ...

Many South Sudanese worry that Juba could soon be consumed by violence again. In 2020 the two main adversaries in the civil ...

Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has deployed in South Sudan to help prop up the government of President Salva Kiir ...

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva ...

A UN report published on Thursday highlights a widespread pattern of arbitrary detention, torture, and ill-treatment of detainees by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) ...

Deep internal divisions may presage another partition of the country, just over a decade since the establishment of South ...

Adding to the confusion, a group calling itself the ‘Balanda Community of Western Equatoria’ released a press statement on ...

Since Tuesday, soldiers of the South Sudanese army have surrounded Machar’s home in Juba, according to members of the vice ...

In January 2025, the International Criminal Court investigator announced that he would be seeking arrest warrants over ...