A bloc of East African nations on Wednesday called for South Sudan's government to release detained officials and lift ...

President Salva Kiir vowed the country would not return to war, but the clashes have threatened 2018's fragile power-sharing ...

South Sudan's security situation is volatile as civil war-time leadership divisions deepen. The UN has expressed concerned, regional mediators are scrambling, and a US evacuation is underway.

South Sudan’s unity government, led by President Salva Kiir with former rebel leader, Riek Machar as First Vice President, is facing mounting tensions, and clashes between forces allied to the ...

The European Union delegation in South Sudan has issued a stark warning about the country’s deteriorating security situation, ...

A prominent South Sudanese opposition lawmaker, Gatwech Lam Puoch, was arrested in the capital, Juba, on Tuesday afternoon, ...

IGAD called upon the leadership of all the Parties to the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) to immediately de-escalate tensions, embrace dialogue. The 43rd Extraordinary Summit of ...

East African bloc IGAD urges South Sudan's government to release detained officials and lift security restrictions amid rising factional tensions. Strained relations between political leaders Kiir and ...

Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital Juba, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions threatened a fragile peace agreement between President Salva Kiir ...