The Latest Breaking News from South Sudan

The world is paying too little attention to a slew of mass displacements of people across Africa, risking starvation deaths and prolonging conflicts, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned in a report published Wednesday. "With the all-absorbing war in Europe's Ukraine, I fear African suffering will be pushed further into the…

Pope Francis is set to make a gruelling trip to two African countries in July despite knee problems that have forced him to use a cane and wheelchair in recent weeks.

Sudanese security forces arrested leading anti-coup figures on Thursday after they returned from a visit to Juba, South Sudan, where they met with a leading Sudanese rebel leader. Security forces raided the house of the secretary-general of the opposition Sudanese Communist Party Mohammed Mokhtar al-Khatib, the party said in a…

Authorities arrested Mohammed Mokhtar al-Khatib, secretary general of the opposition Sudanese Communist Party, and another party leader on Thursday after they returned from a visit to South Sudan, a party official said.

A notable consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been the near-complete breakdown of what was already a deeply fraught relationship among the permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Salva Kiir and Riek Machar loom large over South Sudan’s recent history. And they will keep holding the future of the young nation in their hands to a large extent.

Many of South Sudan’s civil servants have not been paid for months as the government has run out of funds, because the income from oil exports is allocated to servicing loans until 2027

South Sudanese-Australian writer escaped conflict in her homeland, but the trauma that follows refugees is poorly understood

Humanitarian aid worker, NHS nurse and midwife Anna Kent has delivered babies in war zones, caring for some of the most vulnerable women in the world. Here she recounts the events of her 30th birthday.