South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has dismissed one of his vice-presidents, Benjamin Bol Mel, in a surprise political shake-up that has heightened concerns about growing instability...
A special court in South Sudan has ruled that it has the jurisdiction to prosecute suspended Vice-President Riek Machar and seven co-accused, paving the way for...
Eight people, including five children, have died in South Sudan after walking for three hours in search of medical help for cholera, UK-based charity Save the...
The East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has called on South Sudan’s government to release several officials who were recently arrested amid...
Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, in a move to bolster security as political tensions escalate between President Salva Kiir and First...
The United States has ordered all non-emergency personnel at its embassy in South Sudan to leave the country, citing escalating tensions and violence that threaten the...
International concern is mounting over escalating tensions in South Sudan as cracks emerge in the country’s ruling coalition. Clashes in the northeastern Upper Nile State between...
The arrest of a senior army general from South Sudan’s main opposition faction is a “grave violation” of the peace deal that ended the country’s five-year...