African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new civil war after ...

Pope Francis appealed to South Sudan leaders to "lower the tension in the country" as Catholic bishops in Sudan and ...

South Sudan is admittedly a frustrating portfolio for policymakers. The country’s leadership is corrupt and unreliable. Too ...

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

Recent clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have raised fears that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war. The arrest of Machar last week was ...

The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, could be on the brink of another civil war. At the heart of the tensions is a power struggle between the country's president and vice president.

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling “over the abyss” ...

South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war as violence between rival factions escalates, the United Nations has ...

“After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war,” German Foreign Minister Annalena ...

The 2013-2018 war was marked by ethnic divisions, with Kiir’s Dinka-led forces clashing against Machar’s Nuer-aligned troops.

Here’s a look at the issues underpinning the conflict in South Sudan: Why is there friction ... those devoted to Machar in the start of a civil war that killed an estimated 400,000 people.

South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen ...