The day, also known as the Red Hand Day, is annually marked on Feb. 12. Ikere said that South Sudan has faced profound challenges, and the scars of conflict run deep within their society and the ...

The United States ordered the immediate departure of non-emergency personnel from the capital of South Sudan, citing an increase in crime, kidnapping and armed conflict, the Department of State ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese soldiers surrounded Vice President Riek Machar's home in the capital on Wednesday and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to him ...

“This action violates the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan and cripples the Joint Defence Board, a vital institution of the Agreement responsible for the ...

He said in a statement he would hold a news conference later today. South Sudan’s civil war, which erupted just two years after the country gained independence from Sudan, killed an estimated ...

NAIROBI, March 8 (Reuters) - Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body said on Saturday, days after the arrests of ...

Somalia “stands in full solidarity” with the people of South Sudan amid political tensions following the arrest of opposition party leaders, said Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on ...

South Sudan has formally been at peace since the 2018 agreement ended a five-year conflict between Machar and President Salva Kiir that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s deputy president says a Cabinet reshuffle this week that saw the removal of multiple senior officials threatens a fragile peace agreement reached with the ...

The authorities of South Sudan see no alternatives to friendship ... on the country’s territory if it is not yet ready to grant NATO membership to Kiev The newspaper reiterated that earlier ...

The heatwave comes as South Sudan endures yet another bout of political turmoil, provoking fears that a 2018 agreement -- which ended the vicious five-year civil war -- might be unravelling.