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A gunman hijacked a small aid plane in South Sudan on Tuesday and forced the pilot to fly for several hours before the aircraft landed safely in the northern town of Wau, police said. The suspect was arrested on the runw...

South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, has sacked one of his five vice presidents in a series of firings that come amid escalating internal conflict.

An international ceasefire monitor says parties to South Sudan ‘s faltering peace agreement have recruited new fighters and abducted children to participate in a conflict that observers have warned could widen again into...

The criminal trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president began in the capital Monday as Riek Machar appeared in a cage alongside his co-defendants.

South Sudan’s largest opposition movement has asked its supporters to mobilize to defend their country days after longtime opposition leader Riek Machar was indicted and suspended from his position as First Vice Presiden...

The number of aid workers kidnapped in South Sudan has more than doubled this year, according to two senior humanitarian officials working for international groups.

South Sudan First Vice President Riek Machar faces charges of treason and other serious crimes, local justice authorities said Thursday, as fears grow that the east African country could be edging toward a return to civi...

Two days of clashes between government forces and rebel fighters in South Sudan are raising fears for the country’s fragile peace agreement.

The president of South Sudan Salva Kiir has dismissed the army chief after seven months in the role and appointed a successor, as announced on state radio.

A landmark military court has officially begun proceedings in Wau, capital of Western Bahr El Ghazal, aiming to address serious misconduct by members of South Sudan’s People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF). The move is seen as...

Humanitarian actors worry that conflict, disease and other crises in South Sudan are putting a heavy strain on the country’s healthcare system, one of the weakest in the world according to the World Health Organization (...

South Sudan relies on oil for more than 90 percent of its government revenues, and the country depends entirely on Sudan to export the precious resource.

At least seven people were killed and 20 injured in an attack on a hospital and market in South Sudan on Saturday, a medical charity has said, as fears mount that the country could return to all out civil war.

Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the 26 March arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar, have sparked concerns that the world's youngest nation is heading for another civil war.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni was expected to meet South Sudanese officials on the second day of his trip to the capital, Juba, as the U.N has expressed concern of a renewed civil war after the main opposition leade...

South Sudan’s main opposition party said its leader Riek Machar has been arrested as the U.N. called on all parties to uphold the 2018 agreement that ended the country's civil war.

South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war as violence between rival factions escalates, the United Nations has warned.

Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help President Salva Kiir to "secure it", Uganda's military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said.

The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising tensions in the country.

The arrest of an army general from South Sudan's main opposition is a "grave violation" of the peace deal that ended a five-year civil war, an opposition spokesperson has told the BBC.