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.

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 ...

South Sudan has formally been at peace since a 2018 peace deal ended a five-year civil war that pitted forces loyal to ...

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 ...

Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it", Uganda's military chief said on Tuesday, but ...

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva ...

Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan's capital, Juba, amid escalating tensions between South Sudanese President ...

Impoverished South Sudan has long been plagued by political instability and insecurity, but concerns have risen sharply in the past week after clashes between forces allied to the country's leaders in ...

The US is evacuating non-emergency personnel from oil-rich South Sudan amid concerns that Africa’s youngest nation is again ...