South Sudan is on the verge of another civil war, the UN’s top official in the country warned Monday, citing escalating ...

South Sudan is facing the risk of sliding back into civil war, as tensions rise between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar. Despite significant international efforts, peace remains ...

The latest tensions stem from fighting in the country’s north between government troops and a rebel militia, known as the ...

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

"Because of the war in Sudan, South Sudan's main oil export pipeline burst one year again and South Sudan is a petro-state ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of northeastern Upper Nile state where clashes have escalated ...

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a ...

"Today, I spoke with President Salva Kiir Mayardit and First Vice President Riek Machar about the security situation in South Sudan," said Hassan Sheikh. "Somalia stands in full solidarity with the ...

The UN human rights commission for South Sudan on Saturday warned of an "alarming regression" that threatened to undo years of progress towards peace. President Kiir has called for calm and made ...

The US is evacuating non-emergency personnel from oil-rich South Sudan amid concerns that Africa ... officials allied to Vice-President Riek Machar – which have prompted many to go into ...