Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the 26 March arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar, ...

Conflicts that have riven Sudan for decades have prompted some observers to predict the country will fall apart. But signs of ...

The ongoing crisis in South Sudan has been long in the making – its roots lie in a faltering peace implementation process.

Who provides military support in Sudan? Institute for the Study of War Military dominance The Egyptian branch of the Ottoman empire created Sudan through conquest in the 19th century. It was then ...

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

The proceeds of looted and smuggled gum arabic and gold helped the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan sustain access ... country’s brutal two-year civil war, according to an unpublished ...

Government forces placed Machar and his wife, Interior Minister, Angelina Teny, under house arrest on 26 March, a move ...

The world's youngest republic, and one of its poorest, is on the brink of returning to a civil war as its unelected state leaders prepare for another armed showdown. With 57% of the population facing ...

The crisis in Sudan caused by civil war is “probably the most horrendous in the world”, with aid needed to bring stability to the region, the minister of state for international development ...

South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top U.N. official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday, lamenting the government’s sudden postponement of the latest ...

New alliances in Sudan’s civil war risk sparking a regional conflict by drawing in neighbouring South Sudan, analysts tell Al Jazeera. The biggest development was an alliance in February between ...

South Sudan is likely to return to full-blown civil war unless the international community takes a radical approach to stabilise the country and re-engage in the peace process. The agreement had a ...