A United Nations investigative body has warned that South Sudan risks “a return to full-scale war” unless it can urgently put ...

The United Nations' peacekeeping chief is warning that political deadlock in South Sudan is sharply escalating violence, ...

Last March, the President declared South Sudan would not return to war. To the contrary, we have seen an alarming regression, ...

The key issue for many South Sudanese is the security arrangement. The deal outlined how former rebel forces and government soldiers would be brought together into a unified national army made up of ...

The alarming state of South Sudan’s only international airport is a symbol of the country’s wider malaise. Conflict, particularly in north-eastern Jonglei state, has escalated sharply in recent months ...

Survivors say a promise of food assistance turned deadly in a remote corner of South Sudan, where gunmen allegedly tricked villagers into gathering before opening fire. The attack took place early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Sudan’s army, following territorial losses in recent weeks, has announced a major military operation against opposition ...

On Monday, the treason trial of First Vice President Riek Machar opened. It followed a bloody weekend in which at least 48 people were killed and more than 150 wounded in clashes between government ...

Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan was hit by an airstrike. The medical group said the strike ...