On Friday, a South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers were killed when a U.N. helicopter trying to evacuate them from ...

However, the independence movement, led by Kiir’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), quickly splintered. By 2013, the country had descended into full-scale civil war. The fighting killed more ...

A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote ...

The United Nations said the incident, which could deal a blow to an already fragile peace process, was "utterly abhorrent" ...

South Sudan is in "alarming regression" as clashes in recent weeks in the northeast threaten to undo years of progress ...

The aircraft came under fire as it tried to rescue wounded soldiers, the United Nations said. The attack came amid fears that ...

A South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) commander, Major General Majur Dak, and 27 of his soldiers were killed during a ...

South Sudan's political landscape is tense as forces loyal to President Kiir arrest key allies of Vice President Machar, ...

In South Sudan, political friction and rising violence jeopardize its tenuous peace process amid recent high-profile arrests. Security forces loyal to the president arrested officials aligned with the ...

Spokespersons for Machar’s SPLM-IO party condemned the crackdown, calling it a violation of the peace agreement. They also ...

A United Nations helicopter attempting to evacuate South Sudanese soldiers has come under fire near the town of Nasir, the UN ...

President William Ruto has urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir and the first Vice President Riek Machar to engage in ...