Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling 'over the abyss' ...

The United States on Thursday called on South Sudan President Salva Kiir to release his rival First Vice President Riek ...

Amnesty International expressed concerns on Tuesday about the lack of political will in South Sudan to address ongoing violations of international human rights law amid escalating violence from both ...

New alliances in Sudan’s civil war risk sparking a regional conflict by drawing in neighbouring South Sudan, analysts tell Al Jazeera. The biggest development was an alliance in February between ...

Western Equatoria, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Upper Nile. All three states have experienced multiple government offensives ...

Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is alarmed by the escalating armed clashes in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, which have displaced thousands and restricted access to healthcare ...

Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is alarmed by the escalating armed clashes in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, which have displaced thousands and restricted access to ...

"South Sudan is on the brink of a humanitarian collapse ... Kiir also dismissed the governor of Upper Nile state, who belonged to Machar's party. In the north of the country, violence escalated ...

US urges South Sudan to release Vice President Machar ... White Army militia which clashed with the military in Nasir, Upper Nile State, this month, Reath Muoch Tang, a senior SPLM-IO official ...

There have been violent clashes between forces loyal to the two rivals, most notably in the northeastern Nasir County of Upper Nile State. Watch moreUN says South Sudan leaders fuelling violence ...