The United Nations called for a cessation of hostilities between the army and fighters loyal to South Sudan’s deputy ...

JUBA, (April 9, 2025) – At least five children with cholera in South Sudan have died on an arduous journey to seek medical treatment, after aid cuts forced their local health services to close in the ...

Crisis Group's Daniel Akech on stirrings of renewed civil war in South SudanThe South Sudanese army recaptured the town of Nasir on 19 April, in a setback for the opposition militia that had seized it ...

Washington "will be prepared to review these actions when South Sudan is in full cooperation," Rubio added. South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, gained independence from Sudan in 2011 ...

04/11/2025 April 11, 2025 The United States and South Sudan have been embroiled in a diplomatic spat after Juba refused to admit a man deported from the US last week. He was actually a Congolese ...

Following the refusal, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused South Sudan of "taking advantage of the United States." In a statement, Rubio said that, "Every country must accept the return of ...

NAIROBI - Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close ...

Oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. The country slid into civil war two years later when forces loyal to the president, an ethnic Dinka, battled ...

South Sudan needs to export its oil through Sudanese territory to Port Sudan, relying on pipelines going through areas held by the two warring parties. Although Kiir was initially seen as more closely ...

A country in disarray South Sudan’s government has long relied on the country’s oil production. But little of that money has reached the people, in part because of official corruption.