The world’s youngest republic, and one of its poorest, is on the brink of returning to a civil war as its unelected state ...

South Sudan is admittedly a frustrating portfolio for policymakers. The country’s leadership is corrupt and unreliable. Too ...

The arrest of Machar last week was seen by some observers as the spark that could reignite the civil war that the rivals ...

The Hanbit Unit celebrates 12 years in South Sudan, repairing crucial supply routes and supporting local communities through ...

In theory, under the terms of the security sector reform (SSR) provisions of chapter two of the R-ARCSS, both the SSPDF and the SPLA-IO were to join a ‘Necessary Unified Force’ (NUF): a national army ...

To sweeten the deal, outsiders may offer to recognise an SAF-led government in Khartoum and help pay to rebuild the battered ...

A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that ...

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

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up ...

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

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African ...

Sudan’s army has reclaimed the Presidential Palace in the capital, Khartoum, in a significant victory over a rampaging militia that controls swaths of the war-torn country. The Sudanese Armed ...