Tensions have peaked since the house arrest of first vice-president Riek Machar last week, following weeks of mounting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soldiers sit at their outpost near Nzara, South Sudan on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Credit: AP/Brian Inganga Machar’s wish is ...

Since the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, human rights organisations, such as Human Rights Watch, have raised serious ...

Using maps, drilling data, and technical explanations ... an oil extraction site located in a territory that is now in South ...

South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its foundation. A tenuous power-sharing deal is teetering on the brink. An evacuation of non ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its foundation ...

Listen to Story RSF controls parts of Khartoum, Omdurman, and western Sudan Army's full takeover could divide Sudan between forces No peace talks as both sides vow to continue fighting Sudan's army is ...

South Sudan’s opposition groups took issue with the Ugandan intervention, and stopped taking part in discussions to create a joint military system in the country. These developments risk unravelling ...