Can Fragile Peace Hold in South Sudan?
South Sudan, which became independent in 2011, has halted its civil war by putting the leaders of both sides together in a transitional...
South Sudan Cease-fire Panel Accuses President's Forces of Violations
JUBA—Two weeks after the former warring parties in South Sudan's conflict formed the Transitional Government of National Unity,...
South Sudan’s rebel leader: ‘I am a hero. I am a victim.’
Despite overseeing the near-total destruction of Africa’s newest country, South Sudan’s liberation hero-turned-rebel leader Riek Machar...
South Sudan forms committee to receive SPLM-IO advance team
The government of South Sudan has formed a preparatory committee that will be tasked to receive the armed opposition’s advance team to...
South Sudan president warns of inevitable split of ruling SPLM party
South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has warned of further inevitable split of his faction of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation...
Sudanese USAID employee assassin killed by al-Shabaab in Somalia
One of the four assassins who took out an employee of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Khartoum, was...
South Sudan fighting forces thousands to flee into neighbouring DRC
The recent upsurge of fighting between local groups, known as the "Arrow Boys", and the South Sudanese army (SPLA) in South Sudan’s...