Reinforcements are sent to the town of Bor, a strategic staging post on the way to the capital, Juba.

South Sudan’s army has launched a major military operation against opposition forces after recent territorial losses.

The UN mission says it is gravely concerned by "inflammatory rhetoric calling for violence against civilians".

Speaking at a news conference, Canon Oneil Yosia Daima, chairperson of the Moru Congregation, said armed security forces ...

As fears of a return to full-scale war in South Sudan escalate, Catholic bishops in the country have reiterated their call ...

After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that ...

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011, ending decades of civil war. Two years later, another civil war erupted in South Sudan after Kiir sacked Machar, his vice president. The ...

JUBA/GENEVA - The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan today expressed grave alarm at recent inflammatory rhetoric by senior military figures ...

South Sudan's Juba airport aircraft removal orders from the Civil Aviation Authority give airlines 30 days to clear abandoned planes from runways.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A gunman hijacked a small turboprop plane belonging to an evangelical Christian aid group in South Sudan on Tuesday, demanding the pilot fly the aircraft to Chad, police said.

The distance from Juba to Rumbek is very long, and places like Aweil near the Sudan border are even farther. Most people use ...

South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, has not had an election since its independence from Sudan in 2011. Per the 2018 power-sharing agreement, the election is set to happen this year in December ...