South Sudan

Since February, at least 75 civilians have been murdered in clashes between the South Sudanese army and fighters supporting President Salva Kiir’s challenger, the UN human rights head said on Friday. According to United Nations Commissioner...

More than 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state are at risk of plunging deeper into malnutrition as treatment supplies run critically low and resupply efforts are hampered, the United Nations World Food Programme...

Following escalating tensions that have endangered a tenuous peace deal, the Ugandan army chief announced Tuesday that special forces from Uganda had been sent to the capital of South Sudan. Poor Although political unrest and insecurity...

Citing arbitrary arrests and detentions of hundreds of people, including women and children, the UN on Wednesday condemned “concerning” violations of human rights in war-torn South Sudan. Power disputes, ethnic infighting, and a severe economic downturn...

The UN Security Council extended a weapons embargo against South Sudan and slapped penalties on certain persons living there, according to the country’s foreign ministry. All parties were advised to “avoid a relapse into widespread conflict”...

The world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, has a proviso government that must execute a peace agreement in order to hold “credible” elections in 2024, according to the UN envoy there. “We see 2023 as a ‘make...

Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise across the flood, drought, and conflict-affected areas of South Sudan, with some communities likely to face starvation if humanitarian assistance is not sustained and climate adaptation measures are not...

According to the British organization Save the Children, South Sudan is home to some 1.4 million under-fives who are malnourished due to widespread flooding and intercommunal strife. Since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, the world’s...

The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan in July, two African countries afflicted by conflict in which the pontiff has taken a special interest. According...

Ten people were killed in a commercial plane crash in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on Tuesday evening, a senior government official said Wednesday, reports BSS. Denay Jock Chagor, Jonglei state governor, confirmed that all the passengers...