Many South Sudanese worry that Juba could soon be consumed by violence again. In 2020 the two main adversaries in the civil ...

The US is evacuating non-emergency personnel from oil-rich South Sudan amid concerns that Africa’s youngest nation is again ...

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva ...

Tensions are running dangerously high after an opposition-linked militia overran an army base loyal to President Salva Kiir in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Regional leaders should urgently press ...

A bloc of East African nations on Wednesday called for South Sudan's government to release detained officials and lift ...

The arrests followed violent clashes in the northern town of Nasir between national forces and the White Army militia, a group predominantly from Machar's ethnic Nuer community. South Sudanese ...

South Sudan’s capital, Juba ... The arrests came after the “White Army” – a Nuer ethnic militia – seized the town of Nasir in Upper Nile state. Fears are growing that the White Army ...

The White Army, a militia Kiir’s government linked to Machar’s ethnic Nuer community, took control of the Nasir city after clashes with government forces. South Sudan gained independence from ...

Surge in violence The latest flare-up began on March 4, when a Nuer militia linked to Machar seized an army base in Nasir, a strategic town near the South Sudan-Ethiopia border. According to the ...