Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body ...

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

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

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

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

South Sudan's president appealed for calm and pledged his country would "not go back to war", after a UN helicopter was ...

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 ...

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

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

FILE - South Sudan President Salva Kiir, left, and First Vice President Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, Oct. 20, 2019. Kiir appealed for calm after a U.N.