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

South Sudan declined on Wednesday to confirm the deployment of Ugandan troops amid rising political and military tensions, ...

Tensions are spiraling in South Sudan amid escalating militia violence in Upper Nile state in the east of the country, cabinet reshuffles, and the arrests of several senior officials in the capital, ...

A prominent South Sudanese opposition lawmaker, Gatwech Lam Puoch, was arrested in the capital, Juba, on Tuesday afternoon, ...

South Sudan's security situation is volatile as civil war-time leadership divisions deepen. The UN has expressed concerned, ...

The Press Secretary of First Vice-President Riek Machar, Puok Both Baluang, has confirmed the release ...

President Salva Kiir vowed the country would not return to war, but the clashes have threatened 2018's fragile power-sharing ...

JUBA, South Sudan - The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has confirmed the deployment of the elite forces to Sudan Sudan's capital, Juba, a move geared towards ...

South Sudan's main opposition party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) led by First ...

Last week, Igad Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu called for restraint and dialogue to defuse rising tensions in South ...

South Sudan’s unity government, led by President Salva Kiir with former rebel leader, Riek Machar as First Vice President, is facing mounting tensions, and clashes between forces allied to the ...

Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital Juba, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions threatened a fragile peace agreement between President Salva Kiir ...