South Sudan is admittedly a frustrating portfolio for policymakers. The country’s leadership is corrupt and unreliable. Too many actors are quick to exploit ethnic cleavages for their own gain, sowing ...

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

The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, could be on the brink of another civil war. At the heart of the tensions is a power struggle between the country's president and vice president.

In a new cycle of escalating security threats in the eastern arc of the African continent and its adjacent southern regions, the dynamics of local and ...

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

There were high hopes when oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. But the country ...

"Because of the war in Sudan, South Sudan's main oil export pipeline burst one year again and South Sudan is a petro-state ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained ... to mostly be from Machar's Nuer ethnic group, while Kiir is an ethnic ...

CAIRO — Sudan’s military on Friday retook the Republican ... surrounding ministry buildings and the Arab Market to the south of the complex. Khartoum International Airport, only some 1.5 ...